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7 years ago
Pesach: What’s so good about Rabbi Akiva anyway?
A quick song… Of Rabbi Eliezer a story is told Of Rabbi Yehoshua that scholar of old Elazar ben Azariah, Akiva the sage And Tarfon for wisdom, reknowned in his age. ..
Written by Anonymous
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7 years ago
Pesach: Who REALLY took us out of Egypt?
We say on Seder night, “Avadim Hayinu” – were slaves to Pharoah in Egypt. We add that if we hadn’t been freed, we would still be slaves to this ..
Written by Anonymous
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7 years ago
Hamolech me’Hodu v’ad Kush sheva v’esrim u’meah medinah (1:1)
The Medrash relates that Rav Akiva was once in the middle of teaching a class when he noticed his students beginning to doze off. He digressed from the subject he had been ..
Written by Oizer Alport
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7 years ago
La’asos osam y’mei mishteh v’simcha (9:22)
The Rema rules (Orach Chaim 695:2) that the majority of the festive Purim meal must be eaten before sundown while it is still Purim. A priest once challenged Rav Yonason ..
Written by Oizer Alport
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7 years ago
Purim… Just Coincidence or The Divine Plan
We see when reading megillas Esther that many things seem to be very coincidental! Not least the fact that a Jew becomes Queen of Persia. But one thing stands out for me. Bring ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
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7 years ago
Hamelech – the real King
The words of chazal give us major insights into the way to read what seems to be a simple text, and megillas esther is no exception. Chazal tell us that though the word ..
Written by D Fine
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7 years ago
Purim – When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going
Purim is a time of great simcha. It’s a lot of fun. We make jokes, dress up….. good times. Thats how we express the simcha that we feel on Purim. But that ..
Written by Tal Segal
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7 years ago
Purim Olam Habo
We are told that Purim should have been made a yom tov, where we would not be able to drive or do the melachos, however the jews themselves said they didn’t ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
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7 years ago
United Together
It says in Parasha Pekudai the words “vayasu bnei yisrael” which means the “Bnei Yisrael made/built” (the mishkan). Hold on a second we know ..
Written by Marc Zemmel
