Beis Vaad L'Chachamim

1.  In what two contexts does this parsha state: "A fire came out from before Hashem" and how are they related? 2.  Who is referre...

This is from a pre-internet journal I used to keep.  The Se’ir Rosh Chodesh of Aharon.  (5759-1999) Dr. Krinsky asked me, how is it possible...

Moshe Rabbeinu angrily criticized Aharon and his sons for burning the Chatas of Rosh Chodesh Nissan, which, he thought, Hashem had specifica...

Moshe told Aharon that Nadav and Avihu were chosen because they were greater than them. Aharon heard what Moshe said and was comforted.  On ...

Reminder. These are not tests to see how much people know. Just knowing the answer is not useful here.  The answers require proof from speci...

In Pekudei when they finished the keilim and in Shemini when the kehuna was handed over to Aharon, Moshe gave them the bracha. Shemos 39:43 ...

 When Nadav and Avihu died, their bodies lay in the Mishkan, according to Rabbi Akiva.  The law of Tumas Ohalim should have applied. Therefo...

Reb Moshe in the Darash derives important יסודות from the יתדות, a lesson from these alternative methods of keeping the יריעות, the fabric a...

  We brought Rashi's alternative explanations of what kept the Mishkan covers from being blown about by the wind and from sagging into t...

  What kept the roof of the Mishkan, the יריעות, from sagging in middle, or flapping in the desert wind? Fabric or leather of that great an ...