by HaRav Yisroel Blumenthal | Apr 24, 2020 | Parsha
The Torah tells us that the punishment of the metzora is to sit alone outside the camp (Vayikra 13:46). Chazal compare this to the opening possuk in Eicha, where Yerushalayim sits alone (Pesichta Medrash Eicha). It would seem that it is a punishment to sit alone, both... by HaRav Yisroel Blumenthal | Apr 16, 2020 | Parsha
Towards the end of our parsha, after theTorah describes the animals we are not allowed to eat, Hashem reminds Klal Yisroel that He took them out of Mitzrayim. We should refrain from eating those prohibited animals because Hashem brought us out of Mitzrayim. But... by HaRav Yisroel Blumenthal | Apr 14, 2020 | Pesach
The haftorah we read on Acharon Shel Pesach speaks of the neis that Chizkiyahu and his generation experienced. The army of the greatest superpower of the time, San’cheirv’s Ashur, was destroyed in one night by the walls of Yerushalayim. We read this haftorah read on... by HaRav Yisroel Blumenthal | Apr 13, 2020 | Pesach
After the wonderful nissim of kri’as Yam Suf and immediately before the Shiras Hayam, the Torah tells us that Klal Yisroel feared Hashem. In Hallel too, we speak of kri’as Yam Suf and we end that second paragraph with the words “chuli aretz” we tell the earth to fear... by HaRav Yisroel Blumenthal | Apr 6, 2020 | Pesach
The Yom Tov of Pesach is so called because Hashem passed over (pasach) our houses when He hit the Mitzriyim with Makkas Bechoros and He saved our houses (Shmos 12:27). We all know why Hashem was hitting the Mitzriyim. The Mitzriyim used their strength to take...
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