North American Kashrut Professionals: 115 to 120 Halachic absorption (beli’ah) occurs only when the liquid is so hot that it makes the hand recoil (yad
In English, the book we begin this week is called Numbers, and for an obvious reason. It begins with a census, and there is even
לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: I saw a frum woman wash dishes on Shabbat with steel wool, which I thought
Parshat Bamidbar Upon analyzing this week’s haftarah from sefer Hoshea, we would find ourselves somewhat limited in understanding the complete message of the Navi if
A baraita on Bava Metzia 94a discusses the case of a man who puts impossible conditions on a bill of divorce: “This is your bill
אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי … וְהַלֻּחֹת מַעֲשֵׂה אֱלֹקים הֵמָּה וְהַמִּכְתָּב מִכְתַּב אֱלֹקים הוּא חָרוּת עַל הַלֻּחֹת (שמות לב), אַל תִּקְרָא חָרוּת אֶלָּא חֵרוּת, שֶׁאֵין
The horrific October 7 attacks were such a surprise and shock that soldiers stationed elsewhere or away on leave for the holiday dropped everything they
Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was an important nobleman in his country, for through him Hashem had granted victory to
The midrash (Bamidbar Rabbah 1:2) on our parsha records Hashem bemoaning the fact that He is not currently with Bnei Yisrael in the desert—the place
Sefer Vayikra ends with God communicating with Moshe on Mt. Sinai, while Sefer Bamidbar begins with God communicating with Moshe in the Sinai Desert, in
As technology becomes increasingly faster and more convenient, we expect to be able to do more and have more in less space. But everything has
Sefer Bamidbar begins by recounting the moment when the Israelites were counted and organized into tribes as they prepared to embark on their journey to
