Beis Vaad L'Chachamim

In Selichos we say לא בחסד ולא במעשים באנו לפניך How is chesed different than maasim?  Aren’t chasadim maasim? R Ahron answers that it means...

originally posted in '23. Updated and edited, so it deserved re-posting. It is timely because we begin Selichos with Ashrei. The questio...

1. The Levush  in the halachos of Yamim Noraim , brought by the Taz in תרפ'ב, holds that to say  מלוך על כל העולם כולו בכבודך  is redund...

 Two questions.  1. The classic question: Chazal describe the Maaser proclamation as a Viduy.  The first such reference is in the last perek...

1.  How do you know that borei pri haadama is a proper bracha on grapes? 2.  In the standard Hagada of Pesach, the Ben Rasha is condemned fo...

1.  When Hagar and Yishmael were evicted from their home, Yishmael was dying of thirst, and Hashem was about to reveal water to Hagar so he ...