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iyar 4 5781 | Rabbi Yossef Carmel
To be a Free Nation in its Land
Parashat Tazria opens with the command to do a brit mila on a baby’s eighth day. It would seem that we thereby make a bodily sign of being like slaves of Hashem, which would indicate that we left the bondage of Egypt to be slaves to Hashem. So in what way did we become free men? We will investigate this matter as we go through, in the coming weeks, the holidays of spring (Pesach, Yom Hashoah, Yom Hazikaron, Yom Ha’atzmaut, Lag Ba’omer, Yom Yerushalayim, and Shavuot).
Tazria
Iyar 4 5781 | Baruch Gordon
A Skin Disorder...Only in Israel?!
Explaining why the fact that one can only get tzara'at - a biblical disease - in Israel is actually a good thing for Israelis!
Tazria
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Iyar 4 5781 | Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
Believing is Seeing
May I be mekadeish levanah now, although I am indoors, and I am also obviously looking at the moon through a window? The brocha of borei me’orei ha’eish on an electric light - could one do this when a lightbulb must be encased in glass for it to burn? What do the above questions have to do with this week’s parsha?
Tazria Additional Lessons
Iyar 4 5781 | Rabbi Berel Wein
The Childrens Prosperity
. It has been statistically shown that as prosperity rises in certain sections of society, the birthrate in that section of society declines. For me, this was always counterintuitive.
Iyar 3 5781 | Rabbi Berel Wein
the Book of Complaints
My wife and I labored long and hard over the invitation list and over the seating arrangements for the wedding dinner. We invested a great deal of effort and energy in trying to make sure that, to the best of our ability, everyone would be satisfied, and no one would be unduly disappointed.
Wedding and Sheva Berachot

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Adar 5773 | Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
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Writing is counted among the melachos prohibited on Shabbos. Permanent writing is prohibited min haTorah, while temporary writing is prohibited only miderabbanan. Bringing together two complete letters does not constitute writing.
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May I write my initials on a frosty window on Shabbos?, May I communicate with someone on Shabbos by making the motions of writing the letters?
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Are We Ready?
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Sivan 3 5777 | Rabbi Avraham Rosenthal
Edited by Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff Akdamus Practices‏
Prior to Shavuos in previous years, I published articles on the topics of producing and eating dairy bread, how to make kosher cheese, whether Shavuos is preceded by Parshas Bamidbar or Parshas Naso, and about the laws of making pareve foods. All of these articles can be accessed on RabbiKaganoff.com This year, I decided to distribute an article by my close friend, Rabbi Avraham Rosenthal, on the Ashkenazic custom of reciting Akdamus on Shavuos.
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Sivan 1 5776 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Hakdama to Akdamot
During the upcoming holiday of Shavuot, we will not be fulfilling any mitzvot that are specific to this holiday – not mitzvot from the Torah and not even mitzvot derabbanan. (In the time of the Beit Hamikdash, there was a special korban brought, called shtei halechem.)
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The Shlah's prayer for children education Tefilat HaShlah
The Shelah's Prayer (Tefilat HaShlah), is a prayer for education of children. Many say this beautiful prayer on Erev Rosh Chodesh Sivan, as the Shelah wrote in the introduction to prayer.
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Rabbi Stewart Weiss
Coming clean before G-d
What is the meaning of the three days of preparation before getting the Torah ant the three things to do in advance: Sanctify ourselves, set boundaries & wash our clothing?
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5764 | Rabbi Eliyahu Brin
Study or Action
The sages of the Mishnah posed the following question: Which is greater, study or practice? “Rabbi Tarphon answered, saying, 'Practice is greater'; Rabbi Akiva answered, saying: 'Study is greater..' Rabbi Eliyahu Brin provides insight.
Preperation for Shavuot Personality Development
Sivan, 5759 | Rabbi Chaim Yerucham Smotrich
“...First Bless Over The Torah”
Torah calls for preparation. The Patriarchs preceded the giving of the Torah, and, as the foundation of the Jewish people, fulfilled the entire Torah even before it was given. This measure was taken as a kind of preparation for receiving the Torah.
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Shvat, 5761 | Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed
The Path to Receiving Torah
It is impossible to whole-heartedly take upon oneself the yoke of Torah if one is not open-minded. Similarly, it is impossible to embrace the Torah if one possesses strong desires and is unable to make his will subservient to that of the Almighty.
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sivan 5753 | Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed
In Order to Elevate You've got to Descend
The task of the Torah is to repair all. To plunge to the depths in order to elevate even the lowest of the low
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Sivan 5759 | Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed
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