We are learning the first two introductions to the Maharal’s Gevuros Hashem, as a foil to help us understand some of the positions we saw in Derashos haRan, derashos 1-3. The text can be found at https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/506197?lang=he
This week we wrapped up the Maharal’s position on miracles, who can evoke them, who can experience them, and how the Maharal explains the miracles of Makas Dam having a liquid that was both blood and water, Choshekh — space that was both dark and lit, and Moshe’s staff turning into a snake, while remaining a staff.
Rabbi Reisman ? Parshas Korach 5785 I would like to share with you a second thought. In 1933, Rav Schwab returned from Lita to Germany. He was born in Germany in 1908. At age 16, he traveled first to Telz and then to Mir. And for five years learned in the Litvishe yeshivos. And he […]
. Way back when Hashem put confusing numbers in His Torah, He knew exactly when and where R' Jay F. Shachter would post: > Obviously a man would normally know exactly whether or not > he was a firstborn. But how would a man know whether he was > 20 years old? He could know […]
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On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 8:15PM Joel Rich wrote: > I assumed, but it was not stated, that the ordering sibling paid for the > merchandise on order and the other siblings "owed" their share of the cost > to him. > In your understanding, if the merchant stiffed the ordering sibling, he's > […]
On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 7:57PM Arie Folger wrote: > RJRich asked: >> Rabbi Fuerst posited the following case: A group of siblings agreed to >> purchase a set of 12 cups for their parents as a gift. Sibling A did the >> ordering and when the cups came two of them were cracked. […]
RJRich asked: > Rabbi Fuerst posited the following case: A group of siblings agreed to > purchase a set of 12 cups for their parents as a gift. Sibling A did the > ordering and when the cups came two of them were cracked. The > merchant told him to keep the cups and the […]
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Rabbi Fuerst posited the following case: A group of siblings agreed to purchase a set of 12 cups for their parents as a gift. Sibling A did the ordering and when the cups came two of them were cracked. The merchant told him to keep the cups and the merchant would send another full set. […]
In Avodah v43i32 someone wrote: > > If you look at the numbers 12 of the 13 tribes end in 00 and the 13th > Yehuda ends with 50. > No, it was Gad (see Bmidbar 1:25), not Yehudah (Bmidbar 1:27) > > So the numbers seem to be clearly rounded and so says the […]
The Torah discloses Miryam's indiscretion but not that of Aharon HaCohen [although we ought to ask if the T did not why did Chazal] Rashi explains it teaches us even though she respected and loved MRabbenu and only had the best intentions Why does the T disclose the indiscretion of Sarah Immenu? BTW, would someone […]