All posts in: Vorts-For-Simchas

• Bris

  7 years ago

  Pidyon Haben – a bit of an explanation

  The Rishonim and Achronim (from the Sforno and Gra, to Rishonim at the start of Kiddushin) have a general machlokes about the nature of pidyon haben; what exactly ..

  Written by d fine
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• Bar-Mitzvah

  7 years ago

  Barmitzvah; why now?

  We make a meal and celebration when a boy reaches thirteen, honouring the fact that he has become of age to be obligated in mitzvos. The question, however, is why are we making ..

  Written by d fine
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  Inspiration

  7 years ago

  Bris Milah Vort- What we gain by taking away

  At a bris, we offer the following bracha to the parents of the baby: “Just like he entered the bris, so too should he enter (the world of) Torah, Chuppa and good ..

  Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
• Bar-Mitzvah

  7 years ago

  Bat Mitzvah in halacha; a good idea?

  We all celebrate bar mitzvahs – the source of which is Rav Yosef’s festive seudah in the gemarra Kiddushin 31a when he found out that he was fully obligated ..

  Written by d fine
• Prayer

  7 years ago

  The Brocho on Tzitzis

  One of the first things a male Jew does in the morning is to put on Tzitzis. Part of the Mitzvah is to recite the brocha Al Mitzvas Tzitzis. However unlike most ..

  Written by Anonymous
• Bris

  7 years ago

  Divrei Mordechai

  B’Eilon Mamre (Perek Yud Ches Pasuk Alef). Rashi explains that Hashem went to visit with Avraham on the 3rd day after his Bris Milah, circumcision. Hashem appeared ..

  Written by Reb Mordechai Rosen z
• Bris

  7 years ago

  Raising YOUR child

  Imagine a child raised by Hashem. What a tzaddik he would be. He would spent his whole life learning Torah and preforming mitzvos. But look at what happened to Yishmael… ..

  Written by Daniel Fine
• Siyum

  7 years ago

  Aveilus vs. Yom Tov

  The Mishna in Pesachim (117) corresponds certain negative sensations with their positive counterpart. I was wondering why “avel” (mourning) directly ..

  Written by Moshe Kormornick
• Bris

  7 years ago

  ‘this kattan will become a gadol’ What does that mean?

  At a bris, we say ‘this katten will become a gadol.'(ze hakatan gadol yihiyeh’. What does that mean? I heard (on a tape by Rabbi Krohn in the name of one of the Rabbi ..

  Written by Daniel Fine
• Death & Mourning

  7 years ago

  Mourning is as big as the Ocean

  This short vort was given in a dvar Torah by Rabbi Yossi Chazan shlit”a. He brought a Posuk which suggested that mourning was alikened to a sea and suggested ..

  Written by Anonymous