Female LessonParashat HashavuaSeries'LibraryPiskei Din (Hebrew)Test YourselfThe keruvim – said to be baby-faced angels with wings & the faces of male & female children – were both objects made of gold, & were also woven into the curtains of the Mishkan. They technically do violate the 2nd of the 10 Commandments; but the fact that they are specifically commanded by Hashem overrides the general prohibition. In a similar fashion, the command to kindle the Ner Tamid each & every day permitted lighting the Menora even on Shabbat, despite the general rule, "You shall kindle no fire in all your habitations on the Shabbat." One more exception to the rule is found in some of the clothes of the Kohanim in the Mishkan. Rav Yehuda HaNasi was of the opinion that the girdle (avnet) of the ordinary Kohen was made of sha’atnez (a mixture of wool & linen, prohibited in the Torah), while the Talmud states that the Kohen Gadol wore a linen avnet on Yom Kippur but a girdle of sha’atnez on all other days.
These exceptions prove we are an exceptional People!
Many have attempted to solve the question, what is THE difference which can find the common denominator between all 31 differences between the 2 versions of the Ten Commandment? This innovative article suggests that our sages already answered this with one sentence in a well-known Midrash, just most never noticed that seemingly innocent sentence. It deals with the basic difference between the masculine side of the Torah and the feminine.
Rav Kook makes some very interesting "diyukim" (deductions) from this passage in the Talmud about when to wash or moisterize (with oil) right before left, and regarding anointing one's entire body, and relates to small "timely" fixings, as opposed to general improvement.
"FREEDOM CAME WITH A FLAG”- The First Flag of Israel
The Ramban explains that the exodus from Egypt was led by the first flag of Israel. This short article brings many unknown historic and halachic proofs of the importance of the Israeli flag.
Rav Kook makes some very interesting "diyukim" (deductions) from this passage in the Talmud about when to wash or moisterize (with oil) right before left, and regarding anointing one's entire body, and relates to small "timely" fixings, as opposed to general improvement.