Beis Vaad L'Chachamim

The first part is from Rabbi Avraham Bukspan, author of several excellent Parsha works, whose Frand-like style begins with likkut but ultima...

Almost all yamim tovim have two days because of safek, but the days of Rosh Hashanna are not misafek, they’re called vadai and yomah arichta...

The writer of the Chayei Adam also wrote a kitzur and peirush of the Sefer Chareidim.  In  Perek 1:10  he says that even if you hold that מ...

I There's a Chasam Sofer in this week's parsha that says two fascinating things.  I'm going to do an interpretive translation...

O ur parsha mentions the concept of Teshuva.  Teshuva might be one of the Taryag Mitzvos (Ramban here), or it might be too fundamental to b...

Arvus, or more correctly Areivus, means that all Jews have an obligation to see to it that their fellow Jews live Torah lives. Areivus is o...

Reb Meir Simchah in this week’s parsha, Parshas Netzavim, says an interesting thing. He says that now that there is an option of doing teshu...

Parshas Nitzvaim continues the theme of Parshas Ki Savo, that being chosen by Hashem is a high-risk job that comes with tremendous responsib...