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

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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

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On May 13, 1948, one day before the termination of the British mandate of Palestine, as the last British column was leaving the Old City,

קַח אֶת הַלְוִיִּם תַּחַת כָּל בְּכוֹר בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֶת בֶּהֱמַת הַלְוִיִּם תַּחַת בְּהֶמְתָּם וְהָיוּ לִי הַלְוִיִּם אֲנִי יְדֹוָד: במדבר ג׳ מה כִּי לִי כָל בְּכוֹר