Calendar Conundrums: Halachic Insights into Adar Alef and Bet
Which is the real Adar? This affects when to celebrate Purim, when to observe a yahrtzeit, and when a child becomes bar/bat mitzvah. Why is Adar always the added month? Do...
VaYigdal Moshe on Purim
זכור את אשר עשה לך עמלק כה:יז Numerous times, the word machar (tomorrow) is mentioned in the context of mechiyas Amaleik (wiping out Amaleik). In parshas Beshalach – the very first...
Machatzit HaShekel: How Getting Drunk, Dressing Up and Ignoring...
Delivered at the OU Israel Center, 13 Adar 5778 (February 28, 2018)
The Ultimate V’nahapoch Hu
Why were the 10 sons of Haman hanged – is there any indication in the Megillah itself? An answer from Rav Yehonatan Eibushitz in the Yaarot Devash. Shiur provided courtesy of Torah...
Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Soloveichik Speaks at Book Launch...
Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Soloveichik Speaks with opening remarks by Rabbi Moshe Genack at OU Press Book Launch for Megillat Esther With the Rav’s Commentary. Rabbi Soloveichik discusses the moral power...
Purim: Why Your Every Wish Will Be Fulfilled and...
On Purim we say כל הפושט יד נותנים לו – whoever stretches out their hand (to ask for money), we give them. The Chasidic masters say it means whoever asks something...
Charvona is Eliyahu
According to Chazal, Charvona is Eliyahu which is why we say חרבונה זכור לטוב, as the Gemara always appends to Eliyahu’s name. What does the phrase זכור לטוב mean? (It doesn’t...
Archaeology Confirms There is Only One Way To Understand...
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
The Night Reading of the Megillah: The Chiddush of...
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Blessed Be Haman?
The Zionist plan appeared to have failed. God had kept His word; He had fulfilled his part of the covenant forged with the patriarchs. Their descendants had inherited the Land of...
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