19 Apr The Power of Mishnayos
In our Friday night Kiddush, we intone, “Ki vo shabbas mikol melachto asher bora Elokim laasos – For on the Shabbos day Hashem rested from all the work which He...
In our Friday night Kiddush, we intone, “Ki vo shabbas mikol melachto asher bora Elokim laasos – For on the Shabbos day Hashem rested from all the work which He...
In the end of Parshas Shmini, Perek Yud, Posuk Yud, the posuk teaches us that Hashem said we should differentiate between the holy and mundane. The Remah quotes the Rashba...
In the end of Parshas Shmini, Perek Yud, Posuk Yud, the posuk teaches us that Hashem said we should differentiate between the holy and mundane. The Remah quotes the Rashba discussing...
INGREDIENTS: 1/4 cup sugar 1/3 cup water 1 cup chocolate chips 3 egg yolks 18 oz container rich's whip DIRECTIONS: Need I say more...
VUES: Yaakov, are you of Ashkenaz or Sephardic descent? YAAKOV SHWEKEY: I’m “Sfashkanaz.” My mother is Ashkenaz and my father is Sephardic. For music purposes, this is really telling. I do...
There is an unusual formula used in the format of the Haggadah. It is revealed to us at the end of Tractate Pesachim [116a], where it states, “Maschil b’gnus u’masayim...
At a recent congressional hearing about SNAP (food stamps), a biblical debate broke out. The House Subcommittee on Nutrition held a public hearing about the “future of SNAP” and allowed...
The Rema brings down in Siman Taf Lamed that there is a minhag to say the Hagada on Shabbos HaGadol at mincha. The Ravya in Chelek Bais, Pesachim, siman Taf...
Rashi at the beginning of Parshas Vayetzei, commenting on the Torah’s focus on the fact that Yaakov Avinu left Be’er Sheva rather than on his going to Charan, comments that...
The first time I remember meeting Shlomo Zalman Ben Pesach Moshe Sprecher z’l was in 1968. The previous Spring, Mesivta Torah Vodaas had moved from Williamsburg to Flatbush. One aspect...