Medrash Devarim: Rav Moshe Feinstein - Moshe Rabbeinu Cries Eicha
The Medrash (Eicha Rabba 1:1) tells us that three people used the word Eicha. Moshe Rabbeinu, Yeshaya, and Yirmiya. Moshe Rabbeinu asked in Devarim (1:12), “Eicha Esa Livadi”, how can I alone, carry the nation? The Medrash contrasts these three quotes, in that Moshe used […]
The pasuk tells us that 3 Arei Miklat were set up in Eretz Canan and 3 on the other side of the Yarden in the land of Bnei Gad and Bnei Reuven. There were 9 Shvatim in Eretz Canan and only 2 1/2 on the other side of the Yarden, so why should the number […]
Among the highlights of the Torah portion of Balak are the prophecies of Bilam, who is granted a vision of the Jewish people during the “final days,”[1] i.e., at the time of the coming of Moshiach.
In writing about Moshiach, the Rambam states in his Code of Law, Yad HaChazakah:[2] “Whoever does not believe in him […]
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“Since we are discussing the laws of the fast days and the subject of the Torah’s burning, we have written the following to commemorate what occurred in our times because of our many sins: the burning of our G-d’s Torah in the year 5004 [1244]4 of creation, on the sixth day of Parashas Chukkas when […]
Hukat :Rabbi Noson Arister (Shiur mp3 in Russian)
The Kotzker says that people can also be compared to earthenware vessels. Man’s value is not based on his external appearance. The value of a human being is based on what is inside. Sometimes we get too caught up with the “Chitzonios” and lose focus on the more important “Pnimius”! Revach.net
