Geshmack Dvar Torah of the Week
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| Blog Name: | Geshmack Dvar Torah of the Week |
| Url: | http://geshmacktorah.blogspot.com/ |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | Torah, Judaism, Jewish |
| Description: | Dvar Torah carefully sourced regularly updated |
| Popularity: | 3 Followers |
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What is money for?
| In the part of the Parsha that discusses the way one should treat others, the monetary law mentioned explains that one must take care of the needy. The pasuk (22:24) says אִם כֶּסֶף תַּלְוֶה אֶת עַ... |
All over the place
| This is courtesy of my dad, D. It is a bombardment of questions, with answers that tie and unify the themes of the questions. The Orach Chaim asks at Shemos 3:5, when G-d reveals Himself to Moshe, ... |
An eighth of an eighth
| There is a Gemara in Sota 5a says that it is good to be humble, and quantifies this as an eighth of an eighth (1/64). This is seemingly arbitrary as the number is random, and how would we measure 1... |
Prayers... work!
| A piece from R' Yehoshua Hartman, from the Maharal (biography here), on a diyuk in Rashi.וּפַרְעֹה הִקְרִיב וַיִּשְׂאוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת עֵינֵיהֶם וְהִנֵּה מִצְרַיִם נֹסֵעַ אַחֲרֵיהֶם וַיִּירְא... |
Night-night!
| וַיָּקָם פַּרְעֹה לַיְלָה, הוּא וְכָל-עֲבָדָיו וְכָל-מִצְרַיִם, וַתְּהִי צְעָקָה גְדֹלָה, בְּמִצְרָיִם: כִּי-אֵין בַּיִת, אֲשֶׁר אֵין-שָׁם מֵת. - 30 - And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all... |
Who we are
| This post requires some editing, to be done shortlyThe following is from a drasha by R' Yehoshua Hartman, adapted from the Maharal.וַיֵּלְכוּ וַיַּעֲשׂוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה ה' אֶת מ... |
Why do things happen?
| In the memory and zchus of the members of the Saba family who died last weekThe following is one I came up with last week, and I didn't think it was too great, but some people told me to wrote it a... |
Me too!
| After Hashem sends down the hail that destroyed all the vegetation of Egypt, Paroh calls for Moshe and Ahron and says "ה' הַצַּדִּיק וַאֲנִי וְעַמִּי הָרְשָׁעִים" This is generally translated as–... |
Why Moshe?
| The book of Shemos starts as one would expect, with a brief conclusion from Bereishis. It explains how Yakov's children thrived in Egypt, and when the brothers had died, only then did the slavery b... |
Quantifying Rewards
| There is a Tosfos in Sota 11a that quotes a Tosefta. The discussion there is about G-d's kindness and the opening chapters of Shemos. It explains that Hashem punishes for up to 4 generations and re... |
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