Introduction to Masechet Megillah
The Coming Week’s Daf Yomi by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz This essay is based upon the insights and chidushim (original ideas) of Talmudic scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, as published in the Hebrew...
Masechet Megillah 2a-8b
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Masechet Ta’anit 25a-31b
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Beshalach: Shabbat Boundaries
Although the primary commandment to keep Shabbat is part of the Ten Commandments, the first Shabbat commandments are in our parsha: the double portion of manna on the sixth day which...
Parashat Be’sha’lach – Wise Men and Swept Up in...
Part One: There is no Torah like the Torah of Eretz Yisrael This d’var Torah is directed at the thousands of my beloved brothers in the yeshivot of chutz la’aretz (outside...
Bo: A Hasty Stride
In a number of places, the Talmud warns us against walking with a “broad stride” (p’si’a gasa). For example, in Brachot 43a we learn that a broad stride, or an excessively...
Masechet Ta’anit 18a-24b
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Parashat Bo: Not Your Friendly Pulpit Rabbi and a...
Parshat Bo 5767 Part One: Virtual Reality In last week’s parsha, Shemot, Moshe Rabbeinu bursts onto the stage of Jewish history from out of “nowhere”. Moshe is correct in his assessment...
Va’eira: Avoiding the Appearance of Idolatry in Prayer
When Pharaoh begs Moshe to stop the hail, Moshe agrees: “When I leave the city, I will extend my hands towards Hashem; the claps will cease, and the hail...
Masechet Ta’anit 11a-17b
The Coming Week’s Daf Yomi by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz This essay is based upon the insights and chidushim (original ideas) of Talmudic scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, as published in the Hebrew...
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