Zera Shimshon on Parshas Vayakhel
לֹא תְבַעֲרוּ אֵשׁ בְּכֹל משְׁבֹתֵיכֶם בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת (שמות לה:ג) The Gemara in Shabbos (69b) discusses a predicament of someone stranded in the desert who doesn’t
לֹא תְבַעֲרוּ אֵשׁ בְּכֹל משְׁבֹתֵיכֶם בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת (שמות לה:ג) The Gemara in Shabbos (69b) discusses a predicament of someone stranded in the desert who doesn’t
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לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: One of my tzitzit strings ripped so that it was very short. May I tie
Of late, there are politicians in Israel who have taken up the call to draft yeshiva students again. As a result, there are young yeshiva
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The gift of giving is something so remarkable that we were able to learn from those before us, especially Avraham Avinu. In this day and
Among the materials that were used for the construction of the Mishkan was the acacia wood. The pasuk in our parsha says that, “All with
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