Dear Parents,
This week, I spoke with the children about the bells that the כהן גדול wore on the bottom of the מעיל. The posuk requires "… the sound (of the bells) shall be heard when he enters the קדש …” The Gemoro relates that Rabbi Yehoshua derived a law of derech eretz from these bells. Just as the bells...
Dear Parents,
After Matan Torah, Hashem asked Moshe to re-ascend the mountain. The wording, “Ascend to Me, to the mountain, and be there” seems superfluous. Rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir asked, “Why was it necessary to say, 'and be there’?" Of course, if Moshe were to ascend, he would be there!
A person is wherever...
Dear Parents,
Isn't it peculiar that the parshah of Kabbolas HaTorah is called Yisro, the name of Moshe’s father-in-law? The emphasis is to show us that there is a deep connection between the middos of Yisro and the essence of Kabbolas HaTorah.
The first phrase used in the Torah to describe...
