Thursday, April 30, 2009

Acharei Mos-Kedoshim (5 Iyar)

Why does Vayikra 16,34 need to tell us "Lichaper al Bnei Yisrael mikol chatosum achas bashana" (to atone for Bnei Yisrael for all their sins once a year)? We just said 5 pesukim ago "Bachodesh hashvi'I beasur lachodesh" (on the 7th month on the 10th of the month) so I know very clearly it was once a year!

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

4 Nissan (Sefira)

Why were R' Akiva's students specifically killed during Sefira? Seemingly there is no more relevance of "shelo nahagu kavod ze bazeh" (they didn't act with honor to each other) to Sefira over any other time of the year, so why then? It can't be coincidental!

Monday, April 27, 2009

3 Nissan (Acharei Mos-Kedoshim)

Why does Hashem tell Moshe (Vayikra 16,2) "Daber el Aharon achicha..." (Tell Aharon your brother...)? Moshe knows that his brother is Aharon, Hashem doesn't need to tell him. The passuk could have just said "tell Aharon"!

Sunday, April 26, 2009

2 Iyar (Acharei Mos-Kedoshim)

Rashi on Vayikra 19,3 says that Kibbud av v'aim is written together with Shabbos to teach us that honoring parents isn't doche shabbos and its the same with everything else. Typically the way of the Torah is to teach us the biggest Chiddush and I know for sure the smaller chiddush. If so, why does the torah write it with Shabbos to teach us everything, it should have written Kibbud av v'aim with a regular lav that only gets malkos as a punishment and I'd know for sure everything else. Why write it with such a chamor lav like shabbos to teach us everything?

30 Nissan (Tazriah-Metzorah)

Why does Parshas Tazria start with "Isha ki sazria viyalda zachar" (when a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth to a male), if she gave birth to a male of course she became pregnant first?

Friday, April 24, 2009

29 Nissan (Tazriah-Metzorah)

According to the opinions that Sheva Berachos is a Dirabanan how can we learn from our parsha in Moed Katan 7b according to both opinions that we don't examine the Tzaras until after Sheva Berachos? Sheva Berachos doesn't exist in the Torah according to them!

Thursday, April 23, 2009

28 Nissan (Tazriah-Metzorah)

In Vayikra 14,54-57 why do we say "Zos hatorah lichol negah hatzaras... Zos toras hatzaras" (this is the law for every Tzaras... This is the law of Tzaras." There's no reason to say it twice!