Beis Vaad L'Chachamim

This was my drasha from achron shel Pesach 2025. It is a synthesis of insights from Rav Dr Nachum Stone, Rav Chaim Brown, and Rav Avraham Bu...

 Who was the first we know who kept Pesach? Avraham Avinu, and Lot. Of course Avraham Avinu kept Pesach, because the Avos were mekayeim kol ...

This is the best I can do under time pressure, and I did not want to put it off and forget it and lose it. When did the milah of Mitzrayim t...

 Meshech Chochma in Achrei Mos. כי אתה סלחן לישראל ומחלן לשבטי ישורון בכל דור. הנה בכל תפלה לא נזכר שבטי ישורון, הלא דבר הוא. והנה אמרו יומא...

The issurei achila in the Torah are not assur because of their chemical composition. If you were to perfectly replicate a lobster from chemi...

From the great Rav Yochanan Zweig: And you shall guard the matzos... (12:17) Rashi (ad loc) explains that guarding the matzos entails being...

I saw this in a new sefer from R Itamar Garbuz, a gaon בלי גוזמא. I added a few words at the end.  שמות ט ו-ז ויעש יהוה את הדבר הזה ממחרת וי...

 At one of the seudos, I asked my granddaughters to list all the things women did that made Yetzias Mitzrayim possible. They came up with qu...

 I said this in shul this week, and it is simple and perhaps קרוב לאמת, so perhaps someone might find it useful. Please don't point out ...

 Flour is tempered, or conditioned, before milling. That means that the grain is soaked in water or moistened so that the bran can be remove...

  This is just a bagatelle, but interesting nonetheless.  A friend told me that his father always used celery for Karpas, and he strongly di...

I've had this in the drafts for quite a while. You'll see that it is "different." But I decided to post it, at least for a...