Download as Word One of the unusual Korbanos is the Asham of the Shifcha Charufah. The source is in Parshas Kedoshim[1]. For those who say the daily Korbanos it is mentioned every day in the Mishnah of Eizahu Mekoman. What is it? A Shifcha is a maidservant and a Shifcha Canaanit is a maidservant from…

Download as Word In the Haftorah of Metzora we read the incident of the four people with Tzaraas. They are Gehazi and his three sons who are outside the gates of the city of Shomron during the siege. But we already have met Gehazi as the Shamash of Elisha. But after his sin of taking…

Download as Word The Torah has not one but three midpoints. One is the Pasuk that starts the second half of the Torah, the other is the middle letter. And the third, found in Parshas Shemini, is the middle of the Torah in words. The exact middle is in between two words on either side…

Download as Word One of the issues in understanding Krias Yam Suf is what did Klal Yisrael do to merit Krias Yam Suf? This question is discussed in the Midrash and the Zohar and among all the mefarshim. Especially since Hashem says to Moshe[1], “Speak to Klal Yisrael and travel into the Yam.” And as…

In the Hagadah we say ויהי שם לגוי מלמד שהיו מצוינים שם Rashi explains that this means we were gathered together as a nation in one unit. Galus is separation. Geulah is a unified nation. The Galus is not over till we are unified. The word Tzion refers to the place from where the world…