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Why do we commemorate the re-inauguration of the Second Beit HaMikdash and the dedication of the Mishkan but not the original dedication of the Beit HaMikdash in the time of Shlomo?...

Why does the Gemara use the term “עד שתכלה רגל מן השוק” – specifically the leg to describe the time for lighting the menorah? What is the connection to the Regalim?...

Yavan is referred to as חושך darkness because of the decree of “כתבו לכם על קרן השור אין לכם חלק באלוקי ישראל”. Why is that specifically darkness? ופרצו חומות מגדלי: The...

Insights into lighting the Chanukah menorah according to the practices of Beis Hillel and Beis Shammai. The relationship between Chanukah and Succos.

Unlike, the threat of Haman, the threat of Yavan wasn’t generated by what they wanted to do but what they were. Even before they did anything they were a threat. What...

The mitzvah of the arba minim and sukkah appear to be opposites. We are required to hold the 4 minim in hand (נטילת לולב) and one is obligated to own his own...

רמב”ם סוכה פרק ו The two aspects of the mitzvah of sukkah according to the Rambam are 1) that a person has an obligation to live in the sukkah and 2)...

How is annulment of vows (Kol Nidrei) connected to the essence of Yom Kippur? The Avodah of Aseres Yemei Teshuva and Yom Kippur in general and in a leap year in...

Teshuva necessarily involves learning what is right and what is wrong. Which comes first – stopping the sin or regret? Why is there a need to verbalize our confession? The two...