From a recent thread on Areivim:
Sardines - so the ‘din’ should ’sar’ from us
Brocolli - “bracha li”
Avocado - so we should merit a good advocate
and the best one…
One should eat lettuce, half a raisin, and celery, and say: “Let us have a raise in salary”.
Ouch.
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In Part I, we discussed R Yitz EtShalom’s take on the contrasts between Bikkurim and Maaser.
At our Friday night dinner table, Sue pointed out the importance of the placement of these passages - right before the dire warnings of exile in chapter 28. The obvious difference between Bikkurim and Maaser is that Bikkurim is a [...]
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(Condensed from R Yitzchak EtShalom - read the whole thing here)
Ki Tisa begins with two similar yet different passages - the bring of Bikkurim (first fruits) to the temple, with its attendant declaration, and the giving away of Maaser (tithe) to the landless, with its declaration. It’s worth having a brief read of the passages [...]
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Years ago, I read this idea in a column in Moment magazine - I think it was by Harold Schulweiss. If nothing is coincidental, then the annual confluence of the High Holidays and the MLB playoffs has something to tell us as well.
Every year, we approach the High Holidays with sincere intentions and high hopes. [...]
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Simcha E. wrote me about my earlier post on Bilaam. Apparently there may be some discrepancy regarding the date of the Bilaam inscription (suggesting that the legend of Bilaam predated the Torah’s account). I haven’t looked into it yet, but here is a link to a post including the text of the inscription.
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I’d like to address 2 questions. One has long puzzled me - why does the Torah digress into a long story about Bilaam? The other only recently occurred to me - what are the Israelites doing battling Midian? They were poised to enter the Land of Israel, encamped north of the Dead Sea. Midian is [...]
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This is the one I handed out at the DJC last week.
http://depts.drew.edu/rel/holy%20kugel.pdf
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Despite the miserable weather, a nice turnout of 35 devotees turned out for an exhilarating evening of prayer, Torah, and camaraderie the likes of which only the DJC can provide. Foremost Catering came through as usual, and appropriate headgear abounded.
For my Dvar Torah, see the page on the sidebar.
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Everyone knows that Haman and his ten sons were hung from a tree - right? Esther 9:13 from the 1917 edition of the JPS translation reads: “… let Haman’s ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.” However Elan pointed out to me today that the new JPS translation has this as: “impaled on sticks”.
Any [...]
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