Weekly Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 18

February 18, 2023; 27 Shevat, 5783

Parsha “And these are the laws that you shall place before them.” (Exodus 21:1)

Rav Meir Leibush ben Yechiel Michel Weisser (1809-1879) better known as the Malbim, explains the words of Tehillim (19:10) “Mishpetai Hashem Tzadku Yachdav – the judgements of Hashem are true and righteous together” to apply to the laws of the Torah and how they are fundamentally different than the laws of other nations. The Malbim further explains that the depths of truth inherent in the Torah’s laws and the punishments for not keeping those laws are beyond our ability to fully comprehend...

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Weekly Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 17

February 11, 2023; 20 Shevat, 5783

Parsha This week’s Parsha is named after Yisro. How did Yisro merit to have a Parsha named after him?

Rabbi Moshe Pivovitz ZT”L was one of the Alter Mirrers (senior members of the Mir Yeshiva) and one of the greatest students of Rav Yechezkel Levenstein ZT”L the Mashgiach of the Mir Yeshiva in Shanghai, China. He served as a Rav in the lower east side of Manhattan and was the Mashgiach of the Chasan Sofer Yeshiva in Brooklyn...

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Weekly Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 16

February 4, 2023; 13 Shevat, 5783

Parsha This week’s Parsha discusses the exodus from Egypt. Regarding the exodus, the Yalkut Shimoni (Tehillim 819) cites Rabbi Pinchas in the name of Rabbi Hoshiyah: “Hashem took hold of the legs of Yaakov Avinu and placed them on the ocean. He said to him: ‘Witness the miracles that I am performing for your descendants…’”

There are three questions we may ask on this slightly perplexing Midrash...

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