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Aliyah by Aliyah - Lech L'cha
Kohen - First Aliya - 13 p’sukim - 12:1-13
[P> 12:1 (9)] G-d tells (note the softer VAYOMER rather than the harsher VAIDABER) Avra(ha)m to leave his land, birthplace and father’s home and go to “the Land which I will show you”.
SDT: “Leave your land, birthplace, father’s house.” Ramban explains that
Sedra Stats - Lech L'cha
3rd sedra of 54; 3rd of 12 in B’reishit
Written on 208 lines in a Sefer Torah, ranks 23rd…
LECH L'CHA kama; LECH L'CHA batra
DAYEINU (in the Pesach Hagada) is made up of many parts, each of which can stand on its own as something to thank G-d for. And after the list of items - from the Exodus to the building of the Beit HaMikdash, we put them all together and consider the whole group of G-d’s acts - taken all together - to be an even greater reason for our praising and thanking G-d.
Continue ReadingTTriddles - Parashat Lech L'cha
1) Yerachmiel and Chetzron, 2) Let him decide: BaOmer or LaOmer
Continue ReadingTowards Better Davening and Torah Reading - Lech L'cha
Although the lack of a DAGESH suppots the plain meaning (P’SHAT), the DRASH from the Gemara and Midrash still stand and they teach us something…
Continue ReadingDivrei Menachem - Parashat Lech L'cha
Parshat Lech L’cha informs us categorically of our rights of possession to Eretz Yisrael.
Continue ReadingWho is his Mother?
There is a halachic principle that is used when discussing the relationship between a father and his son that states, “most of the relations are from the husband” (Sotah 27a). In other words, when discussing parentage, we assume that the husband is the father of his wife’s child
Continue ReadingParsha Points to Ponder for for LECH L'CHA
1) Why does the Torah repeat that Yishmael was WHOM HAGAR BORE when Avraham names him? The very same verse….
Continue ReadingChizuk & Idud for Lech L'cha
Ordinarily, the differences in Halacha between Israel and the Diaspora focus on agricultural commandments like terumot and ma’aserot. One striking difference that parents notice upon moving to Israel is in an entirely different category…
Continue ReadingWisdom & Wit - Lech L'cha
An old woman once came to the home of R’ Chaim Falaji to ask a halachic question. The Rav was in the midst of his meal, and without telling him that a woman wanted to see him, the Rav’s servants sent her away…
Continue ReadingReheating Cooked Liquids right before Shabbat
Q: I want to put cold but cooked soup on a hot plate right before Shabbat. I have heard that putting things up at that time is particularly stringent. Considering that it is forbidden to reheat cooked liquids on Shabbat, is it also forbidden right before Shabbat?
Continue ReadingI pray you, curse this people for me" (Bamidbar 22:6) {1}
... this verse is the prelude to the whole story of Bil’am, his mission to curse Israel and its transformation into a soaring poetic blessing.
Continue ReadingLesson # 496 - Betrothal on condition
The Talmud and the codes discuss betrothal on condition and also along the way discuss conditions in other types of agreements. These are the topics of these current lessons. A man said to a woman become betrothed unto me with this coin…
Continue ReadingWord of the Month - Lech L'cha
Last opportunity for Kiddush L’vana this month is all night, Sunday (to Monday), Nov. 1-2. Even though many people prefer Motza’ei Shabbat for KL, it is not advisable at all to wait until a Motza’ei Shabbat so close to the KL deadline
Continue ReadingIn This Issue of Torah Tidbits
- Lead Tidbit
- Candle A Day
- Jewish Law
- Wisdom & Wit
- Aliya-by-Aliya Sedra Summary
- Sedra Stats
- Vebbe Rebbe
- MicroUlpan
- Parsha Points to Ponder
- OU Kashrut
- TTriddles "Report"
- Person In The Parsha
- Torah from Nature
- Ethical Teachings of the Torah
- Chizuk and Idud
- Towards Better Davening and Torah Reading
- Divrei Menachem
- "From Machon Puah"
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Sedra Stats
3rd sedra of 54; 3rd of 12 in B’reishit
Written on 208 lines in a Sefer Torah, ranks 23rd…