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Parsha Pearls: Parshas Masei
Does the Ramban Contradict the Three Oaths?The Ramban Does Not Advocate ConquestOnly with a Prophetic CommandFruits of Eretz Yisroel During ExileBasing Sins on the Torah “And you shall take possession of the land and live in it, for to you I have given the land to inherit it.” (Bamidbar 33:53). The Ramban in Sefer Hamitzvos…
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Parsha Pearls: Parshas Matos
Is it a mitzvah or a sin? And Moshe spoke to the heads of the tribes, to the children of Israel, saying: This is the thing that Hashem commanded. A man who makes a vow… (30:2-3) Rashi says, quoting Bava Basra 120b, that Moshe taught the parsha about vows not only to the heads of…
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Parsha Pearls: Parshas Pinchas
Why the moon is smaller than the sunBut Chassidim Daven Late!The Zealot Saves EveryoneWhat to Do When the Rabbi Doesn’t AnswerPinchas and Yirmiyahu “And one goat as a sin offering for Hashem.” (Bamidbar 28:15) The Gemara in Chullin 60b understands this to mean “a sin offering to atone for Hashem,” and tells the following story…
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Parsha Pearls: Chukas-Balak
Esrogim from Eretz Yisroel may be growing on stolen land!Do Not Fight With the NationsNot Praying Too MuchProtesting for Hashem’s HonorDon’t be frumer than the TorahNatural, But Only With MoshiachWhat Pinchas ForesawJust Say No to the Army “For Cheshbon was the city of Sichon, king of the Emorites, who fought with the first king of…
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Parsha Pearls: Parshas Balak
Don’t be frumer than the TorahNatural, But Only With MoshiachWhat Pinchas ForesawJust Say No to the Army “Like long streams, like gardens by the river, like spices planted by Hashem, like cedars by the water.” (Bamidbar 24:6) The Seforno on Bereishis 33:4 quotes a Gemara in Taanis 20a: “Faithful are the blows of a friend,…
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Parsha Pearls: Parshas Chukas
Esrogim from Eretz Yisroel may be growing on stolen land!Do Not Fight With the NationsNot Praying Too MuchProtesting for Hashem’s Honor “For Cheshbon was the city of Sichon, king of the Emorites, who fought with the first king of Moav, and took all his land from him, until Arnon.” (Bamidbar 21:26) In Chullin 60b Reish…
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Parsha Pearls: Parshas Korach
For My honor you did not protest!Not Just Anyone Can Interpret the TorahWhen the Wicked Do MitzvosNo Peace for the WickedNot Even a Needle “For My honor you did not protest, but for the honor of a human being you protest!” (Nedarim 39b) The Gemara says (Nedarim 39b) that when Korach stood up and denied…
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Parsha Pearls: Parshas Shlach
The Miraculous Survival of the Jewish peopleThe Zionists’ Success Was PredictedZionism: Fact or Opinion?Hashem Does Not Desire Our WarsThe Hebron Massacre and Its Lesson “And Moshe called Hoshea bin Nun Yehoshua.” The Meforshim ask why Moshe prayed only for Yehoshua י-ה יושיעך מעצת המרגילם and not Kalev. We’re going to arrive at an answer to…
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Parsha Pearls: Parshas Behaaloscha
The Exile of YishmaelDon’t Ask For Unnecessary MiraclesWhy Couldn’t Moshe Make the Menorah?If We Join Them, They Will Be the Winners And Moshe heard the people crying in families, each man at the door of his tent, and Hashem’s anger burned greatly, and in the eyes of Moshe it was bad. (11:10) What is the…
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Parsha Pearls: Parshas Naso
Are the Oaths Interdependent?Who Said the Oaths are Interdependent?Zionism and Sabbateanism Command the children of Israel to expel from the camp every leper, every zav, and everyone unclean from a body… as Hashem spoke to Moshe, so the children of Israel did. (5:2-4). The Midrash explains these verses as an allusion to exile: “Command the…