The Gemara in Kritot (6b) teaches, "any public fast that does not include the sinners of Israel is not [effective as] a fast." The Gemara adduces proof from...
"Women generally are exempt from time-bound Mitzvos ... [including] the Mitzvah of Sukkah (see Tractate Sukkah 28b). We find that quite often women are...
What you have edited out is that these interesting citations by Rav Hoffman are used in the context of a bizarre attack on women's fulfilling the mitzvot of...
We previously examined several passages from Eim Habanim Semeicha in which Rav Teichtal espouses and elaborates the doctrine of religious activism.* According...
This is very interesting but it needs explanation. The sin of the spies happened over a year after they left Egypt and during that time since leaving Egypt...
I thought that the Torah is not supposed to be considered necessarily to record events in chronological order. Shoshanna This is very interesting but it needs...
Shoshanna Walker
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Oct 19, 2008 2:12 pm
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1. Why wouldn't David edit it out? It has nothing to do with the subject of this group. I'm glad he only posted what was relevant. 2. Unless I read a different...
True but the Torah itself says that they dwelt in sukkot when they left Egypt and the command regarding Sukkot didn't come until Sinai. So even though the...
Happy Isru Chag to all! David Rosenbaum wrote regarding Mitzvat Sukka for women: "But it clearly remains as a mitzvat aseh she-hazzeman geraman. Brachot to be...
The themes of Parshat Bereishit are cosmic and universal in their sweep, and we find no mention of the Jewish people in its text. Yet, in our Sages' reading of...
The Torah introduces Noach in a manner befitting a Tzadik. As Rashi comments on the first verse of Parshat Noach: "Once the Torah mentions Noah, it relates...
According to the Gemara (Avoda Zara 9a), the millennia of chaos came to an end and the millennia of Torah commenced when Avraham Avinu began to win souls for...
For those interested in more divrai torah from R. Moshe Dovid Valle, the Parsha Pages section of david.guedalia.com frequently quotes him. There is also a...
In a message dated 11/7/2008 1:38:33 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, tesamach@... writes: Diaspora Jews should be mindful of their geographical propensity...
T613K@...
Nov 9, 2008 4:43 pm
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Toby, Â You forget the very first Rashi that says . . . The Talmud Bavli may have been redeacted in Bavel, but it relies on all its piskey halacha, as they...
In a message dated 11/10/2008 10:52:12 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, uppernaz@... writes: the Centrality of EY in Torah is clear. No one could deny that. ...
T613K@...
Nov 10, 2008 9:33 pm
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I am glad that Mrs. Katz feels that "the bnai hayeshivos (Mizrachi and chareidi), are our heroes in Eretz Yisrael -- or should be." but is she correct that...
The SEPARATION of Erets Israel from Torah CONTRADICTS Torah itself, since Torah CONNECTS AND EQUATES THE TWO. The principle is the principle of Ghezerà Shawà...
Reviewed and expanded from my original writing published in 2005 on: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/article.php3?id=5019 Our HERITAGE is NOT an INHERITANCE ...
In a message dated 11/10/2008 8:37:54 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, nutella59@... writes: The SEPARATION of Erets Israel from Torah CONTRADICTS Torah...
T613K@...
Nov 11, 2008 3:06 am
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Dear Ms. Toby, You say you're "only responding to the extremist statement that one cannot learn or understand Torah outside of E'Y," but no one ever made...
... Alnid is correct both in his interpretation of what I wrote and his assessment of my use of the word "exclusive." ... Again, Alnid is on target. In light...
As far as learning Torah in Erets Israel... The following story is brought down by the revered Rabbi Dichovsky, of blessed memory, in his book, Neot Desha, on...
... Diaspora Jews should be mindful of their geographical propensity to superficial and distorted Torah conceptions, and recognize the exclusive power of...
I would like to point out an often overlooked but, in my opinion, overt expression of the very succinctly described Portability Thesis. In most Art Scroll...
NOT BY CHANCE BOTH "Torah" and "Erets Israel" are THE ONLY THINGS called "MORASHAH" in the whole Torah. The perversion is to pretend to chose one over the...
In a message dated 11/21/2008 2:55:19 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, nutella59@... writes: NOT BY CHANCE BOTH "Torah" and "Erets Israel" are THE ONLY...
T613K@...
Nov 24, 2008 12:17 am
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... Toby's point # 1 has already been addressed at length in a prior post.* Her point # 2 seems to be that if Eretz Yisrael is really so critical to Torah,...
The epic of Yosef Hatzadik spans three full parshiot, beginning with Parshat Vayeshev and ending in Parshat Vayigash. Both the first verse and the last verse...
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