12 Nov War and Teshuva
In Bereishis (18:23) the posuk tells us that Avraham asked Hashem, “Will you kill a tzaddik with a Rasha?” Avraham goes through a whole negotiation with Hashem that maybe there...
In Bereishis (18:23) the posuk tells us that Avraham asked Hashem, “Will you kill a tzaddik with a Rasha?” Avraham goes through a whole negotiation with Hashem that maybe there...
In Bereishis (14:14) the posuk tells us that Avraham went and mobilized his army to rescue his nephew Lot from captivity. The Rambam in Pirush Hamishnayos in Meseches Peah says...
In Bereishis (9:13) the posuk tells us that Hashem put a rainbow in the clouds after the Mabul and when a rainbow will be seen in the future, it will...
In Bereishis (2:15) the posuk tells us that Hashem commanded Adam not to eat from the Eitz Hadaas. The gemara in Sanhedrin (57b) learns from this posuk that goyim have...
There is a special mitzvah of simcha on Sukkos. Chazal teach us in Sukka (51a) that a person who never witnessed the Simchas Bais Hasho’eiva never witnessed true simcha in...
Chazal in Rosh Hashana (10;1) say that a person who eats on the ninth of Tishrei is counted as if he fasted on both the ninth and tenth day of...
During the Aseres Yemei Teshuva we add special requests in the first and last brachos of Shmoneh Esrei (zochreinu, mi chamocha etc.) We add more tefillos on Rosh Hashana and...
In Devarim, (28:10) the Torah tells Bnei Yisroel that the nations of the world will see Hashem upon you and will fear you. The gemara in Brachos (6a) says that...
In Devarim, Perek Chof Gimmel, posuk gimmel the Torah commands Bnei Yisroel not to allow a mamzer to marry a Jewish woman. There is a famous machlokes Rishonim on the concept...
In Devarim, Perek Yud Zayin, posuk tes vov the Torah commands Bnei Yisroel to appoint a king that will rule over them. The Shailos U’Tshuvos Minchas Machvas asks; why doesn’t a...