Beis Vaad L'Chachamim

(This was part of a post that got too long, so I divided it.) An interesting Alshich on 27:41. ויאמר עשו בלבו יקרבו ימי כו'. אפשר ה...

Sefer  Birkas Ish from Rabbi Avrohom Shain . On 26:2, he brings from Rashi that Hashem told Yitzchak not to leave Knaan because he was an o...

The classic issue of the Gemara in Yevamos 64 brought by Rashi: ויעתר לו. לוֹ וְלֹא לָהּ, שֶׁאֵין דּוֹמָה תְפִלַּת צַדִּיק בֶּן צַדִּיק ל...

These are from an old Journal of mine. Parts are well known, but there are things here that you won't find elsewhere. I posted it last ...

This story was said by Rabbi Bussel, from Reb Avrohom Birnbaum, from his father Reb Shmuel. Reb Shmuel once met Rav Rudderman and he aske...

Rivka told Yaakov to stay away from the local women - she said they disgusted her to death. Any decent child would take such strong words f...

As the Netziv explains, Sefer Breishis, Sefer HaYashar (AZ 25a) , teaches us the fundamental social and moral characteristics of Klal Yisra...

I broke my wrist two weeks ago, and it was hard to type, but I'm better now. The Ribono shel Olam sent me to an awesome surgeon- a South...

 כי בתחבולות תעשה לך מלחמה I am currently a chiyuv to say kaddish.  When there is more than one such chiyuv in shul, conflict inevitably ...