Daf Notes

Rish Lakish Introduced His lecture on Megillas Esther with the in the following Interpretation: It is Written [Mishlei 28:15]: As a roaring lion, and a ravenous bear; so is a wicked ruler over a poor people . A roaring lion is Referring to Nebuchadnezzar the wicked; a ravenous bear is Referring to Achashverosh. Proof to…

Torah Reading for Massei Numbers 33:1-36:13

1st Portion Chapter 33 1. These are the journeys of the children of Israel who left the land of Egypt in their legions, under the charge of Moses and Aaron. א. אֵלֶּה מַסְעֵי בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר יָצְאוּ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לְצִבְאֹתָם בְּיַד משֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן: These are the journeys: Why were these journeys recorded? To inform us of the kind…

Ezekiel 37

Dry Bones from alegator21 on GodTube. The passage comes from an Old Testament prophecy, taken from Ezekiel 37. Not only is the text extremely descriptive and visual, lending itself to beautiful imagery, but show that where there is death and exile, hope and life can be found.  

Parashat Masei / פרשת מסעי

This Torah teaching starts on the plains of Moab explaining Israel’s journey up to this point. Next in Chapter 34 it explains the boundaries of the land when they go into the promised land. Chapter 35 explains towns for the levites and cities of refuge for the people who committed murder. Chapter 36 is the…

Daf Notes

The Mishna states: There is no difference between the Books of Scripture and tefillin and mezuzos, except that the Books of Scripture may be written in any language, and tefillin and mezuzos are written only in Ashurit (the Hebrew script that is used in our Torah scrolls). Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: The Books of Scripture may be written only in Greek (not any…

Motza’ei Shabbat

Walking on Shabbat for a Purpose of Motza’ei Shabbat Question: May one begin walking towards the end of Shabbat to a store (outside of Israel) so that one may enter the store immediately at the conclusion of Shabbat in order to purchase something?   Answer: The prophet Yeshaya (58, 13) states: “If you shall turn…

Parsha Matot Day 2

 Parsha Matot Day 2  31:13  31:14 31:13 Third Reading  Second Reading Moses, Eleazar and all the community princes went out to greet them outside the camp. Vayetse’u Moshe ve’El’azar hakohen vechol-nesi’ey ha’edah likratam el-michuts lamachaneh. 31:14 However, Moses was angry at the generals and captains, who were the officers returning from the military campaign. Vayiktsof Moshe al…

Parsha Matot First Reading

  Matot    Forward  30:2  30:3  30:4 30:2 First Reading  First Reading Moses spoke to the tribal heads of the Israelites, telling them that this is the word that God had commanded: Vayedaber Moshe el-rashey hamatot livney Yisra’el lemor zeh hadavar asher tsivah Adonay. 30:3 If a man makes a vow to God, or makes an oath…

ACTS 1: 8 Aramaic New Covenant

ACTS 1: 8 but when the Spirit of Holiness comes upon you 83 ’ela cn but, except, unless 793c kad adv when 219a ’eta vv bring, come 1652a ruha nn Spirit, wind 1543a qudsa nn holiness 1306a ‘al prp about, above, concerning, over, upon you take power, 1530a qebal vv accuse, take 605a haila nn…

Pirkei Avos

Pirkei Avos Spiritual Global Warming, Part IChapter 5, Mishna 1a By Rabbi Dovid Rosenfeld”The world was created in ten utterances. What does this come to teach us? Could not the world have been created in a single utterance? It was in order to exact punishment from the wicked who destroy the world which was created…

Maharal

    Chapter 3: Mishna 3: Part 2 (The word for speaking or conversation is “dibbur,” whose root (dalet bet reish) is the word “davar” which means “thing,” as well as “dabar” which means to “lead” or “guide.” (For an example of the latter, which is a lesser used form of the root, see Tehillim…