On Bava Kamma 108b, we encounter two versions of a dilemma. The shared scenario is that an animal given to a watchman was stolen in
The courtyard of the Mishkan was 100 אמות long and 50 אמות wide (Shemos 27:18), with the perimeter (besides the entranceway) enclosed by קלעים (lace-like
The previous Rebbe of Lubavitch, Reb Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn once delivered a mind-blowing maamar—complicated and profound, clarifying each person’s experience of that moment in history.
Jewish midrashic literature relates how after Hashem created heaven and earth, He keeps busy by making matches. Not all matches, however, are for the purpose
In Parshat Terumah, Bnei Yisrael are told וְעָ֥שׂוּ לִ֖י מִקְדָּ֑שׁ וְשָֽׁכַנְתִּ֖י בְּתוֹכָֽם and “You will make Me (Hashem) a holy place and I (Hashem) will
לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: Today, Friday, our avocados are not quite ready to eat. If they become ripe enough
From the opening lines of Parshat Terumah, we immediately realize that an important shift has taken place in the biblical narrative. Shemot began with the
This week’s portion of Terumah introduces a new concept: a sanctuary, a tabernacle, designed to create a space for God in the world. But how
As we saw in the last piece, Pirkei Avot explains that the world was created for the glory of God. Though the whole universe proclaims
The entire Jewish nation is elated that two of the hostages have been freed, Boruch Hashem. This morning, Sheba Medical Center published the first photo
Do you know who really knows everything? The cab drivers in Eretz Yisroel. If you don’t believe me just ask them. Actually, you don’t have
דַּבֵּר אֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיִקְחוּ לִי תְּרוּמָה מֵאֵת כָּל אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִדְּבֶנּוּ לִבּוֹ תִּקְחוּ אֶת תְּרוּמָתִ The midrash comments on this pasuk … It is
