I Know What You Did Last Shavuot
I once heard a shiur given by Rav Moshe Aaron Stern zt’l. In his inimitable way, he posed the following question. Hillel the Elder had 80 talmidim. The top of the list was Rav Yonatan ben Uziel, otherwise known as…
Heroes in the Sand
And gave us the Torah, and brought us into the Land of Israel” (Dayeinu, Pesach Hagaddah) There is a famous question, asked year after year at almost every Seder table. Why did the Holy One, Blessed is He, give us…
Keep It Simple
“Vayechi Yaakov b’Eretz Mitzrayim {And Yaakov lived in the land of Egypt} for seventeen years. And the years of Yaakov’s life were one hundred and forty seven years.[47:28-29]” The parsha of “Vayechi Yaakov {And Yaakov lived}” paradoxically deals with Yaakov’s…
It Takes All Sorts
I always find the month of Nissan a very frantic time. Have you ever experienced this? Or is it just me? I kid you not. There’s a lot flying around [for once, I’m not referring to drones]. Pesach is a…
The Elephant and the Ivory Tower
Elephants are pretty powerful creatures. They can weigh as much as 12 tons, and stand as high as thirteen feet tall. Their trunks are strong enough to rip branches off a tree. But despite their enormous power, elephants can be…
