Entries Tagged as 'DikDuk'

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

The Baal HaTurim Finds Yitzchok, Where Is Yishmael?

The Baal HaTurim says that “Lech Licha” is Gematria 100 (Lech = 50 Licha - 50), hinting that if Avrohom goes to Eretz Yisroel he will be zocheh to have Yitzchok at age 100.  However we know that Avrohom had Yishmael at 86 years old, why is this omitted?Rav Moshe Singer says that in the […]

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Monday, October 6th, 2008

The Glamour of the Grammar:
Yom Hazikaron

“”Zecher is the part of something that is divorced from its immediate presence. It could be what’s left of a thing when the thing itself is gone, or specifically evidence of former existence. That’s why when something vanishes “without a trace,” it has disappeared “l’lo zecher.” (L’lo is a fancy way of saying b’li, “without.”) Similarly, […]

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