Four Shabbatot 29 articles

The route the king takes through the Beit HaMikdash vs. the path taken by the rest of the people as described by Yechezkel mirrors the difference between a Talmid Chacham and...

In the end of days God will remove our heart of stone and replace it with a heart of flesh. What is the meaning of this heart transplant? Why will it...

The Dubno Maggid asks: The Midrash says Moshe offered to give an accounting of all the donations but the proof text the Midrash brings says that one shouldn’t make a cheshbon...

After Shaul left a survivor (Agag), going against what he was commanded, he tells Shmuel “I fulfilled the word of God”. How could he make such a claim? Why does Mordechai...

There are 2 mitzvot connected to Amalek – remembering what they did and eliminating them. We are never vulnerable to the external Amalek unless there is a part of Amalek that...

In the special Torah portion for Zachor, G-d commands the Jewish people to remember the terrible and heinous deeds of the evil Amalek nation. Zachor et asher asah lecha Amalek, baderech betzetchem...

In addition to Purim and it’s mitzvot, there are other mitzvot associated with Adar including the obligation to read the four parshiyot (Shekalim, Zachor, Parah, HaChodesh), Taanit Esther, and the custom...

There were two half-shekel offerings: a one-time donation (for the building of the mishkan) and the annual half shekel (for korbanot) – building fund vs. operating budget. Why was there an...

What is the connection between Purim, Parshat Parah and whether or not the Midrash means that Vashti had an actual tail? Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime

Why do we derive the melachot of Shabbos from the mishkan – we don’t keep shabbos because of the Mishkan, we keep Shabbos because Hashem rested on the 7th day? Shiur...