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Reb Akiva Egers interesting question about the mitzvah of Benching

Reb Akiva Egers interesting question about the mitzvah of Benching

Reb Akiva Egers interesting question about the mitzvah of Benching

ParshaEli SilbersteinAugust 6, 2020Ekev

Gevaldig pshat from Bnei Yisoschor on 'עקב לא תשמע בקול ה

Gevaldig pshat from Bnei Yisoschor on 'עקב לא תשמע בקול ה

Gevaldig pshat from Bnei Yisoschor on 'עקב לא תשמע בקול ה

ParshaEli SilbersteinAugust 6, 2020Ekev

ואכלת ושבעת וברכת - if someone is full from eating a tiny amount of bread thats less than a Kezayis is he obligated to bench - Haflooh and Chasam Sofer

ואכלת ושבעת וברכת - if someone is full from eating a tiny amount of bread thats less than a Kezayis is he obligated to bench - Haflooh and Chasam Sofer

ואכלת ושבעת וברכת - if someone is full from eating a tiny amount of bread thats less than a Kezayis is he obligated to bench - Haflooh and Chasam Sofer

ParshaEli SilbersteinAugust 6, 2020Ekev

The Rebbes fascinating insight into how the Mon kept us hungry

The Rebbes fascinating insight into how the Mon kept us hungry

The Rebbes fascinating insight into how the Mon kept us hungry

ParshaEli SilbersteinAugust 3, 2020Ekev

He tormented you and starved you and fed you the Mon - interesting pshat of the Sfas Emes

He tormented you and starved you and fed you the Mon - interesting pshat of the Sfas Emes

He tormented you and starved you and fed you the Mon - interesting pshat of the Sfas Emes

ParshaEli SilbersteinAugust 3, 2020Ekev

Moving of Nigun of Reb Hillel Paritcher

Moving of Nigun of Reb Hillel Paritcher

Moving of Nigun of Reb Hillel Paritcher

NigunimEli SilbersteinAugust 3, 2020

Reb Berl Mosayev’s nigun

Reb Berl Mosayev’s nigun

Reb Berl Mosayev’s nigun

NigunimEli SilbersteinAugust 3, 2020

How the Yismach Moshe became a chosid of the Chozeh of Lublin

How the Yismach Moshe became a chosid of the Chozeh of Lublin

How the Yismach Moshe became a chosid of the Chozeh of Lublin

StoriesEli SilbersteinJuly 27, 2020

Beautiful pshat of Reb Nochum of Tshernobel about the teaching of our Sages that the Torah can be sustained only in someone who sacrifices himself for it

Beautiful pshat of Reb Nochum of Tshernobel about the teaching of our Sages that the Torah can be sustained only in someone who sacrifices himself for it

Beautiful pshat of Reb Nochum of Tshernobel about the teaching of our Sages that the Torah can be sustained only in someone who sacrifices himself for it

ParshaEli SilbersteinJuly 27, 2020Chukas

Another profound insight into the halachic concept of inheritance and its spiritual application to our relationship with Torah

Another profound insight into the halachic concept of inheritance and its spiritual application to our relationship with Torah

Another profound insight into the halachic concept of inheritance and its spiritual application to our relationship with Torah

Parsha, HalachaEli SilbersteinJuly 27, 2020Pinchas

Amazing pshat of the Baal Akeidah on the statement of Chazal that if one sees a Sotah in her decadent state he should consider becoming a Nazir

Amazing pshat of the Baal Akeidah on the statement of Chazal that if one sees a Sotah in her decadent state he should consider becoming a Nazir

Amazing pshat of the Baal Akeidah on the statement of Chazal that if one sees a Sotah in her decadent state he should consider becoming a Nazir

ParshaEli SilbersteinJuly 23, 2020Naso

A tzaddik who couldn't eat because he once heard the cries of Moshiach - a story of the Trisker Magid as told by Reb Yankele of Pshevorsk

A tzaddik who couldn't eat because he once heard the cries of Moshiach - a story of the Trisker Magid as told by Reb Yankele of Pshevorsk

A tzaddik who couldn't eat because he once heard the cries of Moshiach - a story of the Trisker Magid as told by Reb Yankele of Pshevorsk

StoriesEli SilbersteinJuly 23, 2020

Were the Germans descendants of Amalek? Remarkable comments we find from the Talmud, the Rebbe Rashab, Reb Chaim Brisker, and others

Were the Germans descendants of Amalek? Remarkable comments we find from the Talmud, the Rebbe Rashab, Reb Chaim Brisker, and others

Were the Germans descendants of Amalek? Remarkable comments we find from the Talmud, the Rebbe Rashab, Reb Chaim Brisker, and others

Holidays, ParshaEli SilbersteinJune 29, 2020Purim, Ki Setzei

Was the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Halachically ethical? The controversy which erupted in the ghetto

Was the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Halachically ethical? The controversy which erupted in the ghetto

Was the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Halachically ethical? The controversy which erupted in the ghetto

HalachaEli SilbersteinJune 29, 2020

2 anectodes about the life of Reb Mendel Barer, one of the great students of the Baal Shem Tov

2 anectodes about the life of Reb Mendel Barer, one of the great students of the Baal Shem Tov

2 anectodes about the life of Reb Mendel Barer, one of the great students of the Baal Shem Tov, whose Yartzeit is on Sivan 12

StoriesEli SilbersteinJune 29, 2020

The unique value of Rosh Chodesh Sivan - a thought fom the Alter Rebbe

The unique value of Rosh Chodesh Sivan - a thought fom the Alter Rebbe

The unique value of Rosh Chodesh Sivan - a thought fom the Alter Rebbe

HolidaysEli SilbersteinJune 29, 2020Shavuos

A profound lesson for our times from Noam Elimelech's teaching on Parshas Vayakhel

A profound lesson for our times from Noam Elimelech's teaching on Parshas Vayakhel

A profound lesson for our times from Noam Elimelech's teaching on Parshas Vayakhel

ParshaEli SilbersteinJune 29, 2020Vayakhel

The powerful impact Aharon Hakohen had on the souls of every single Jew through kindling the Menorah in the Mishkan

The powerful impact Aharon Hakohen had on the souls of every single Jew through kindling the Menorah in the Mishkan

The powerful impact Aharon Hakohen had on the souls of every single Jew through kindling the Menorah in the Mishkan

ParshaEli SilbersteinJune 29, 2020Behaloscha

The power of Pesach Sheni

The power of Pesach Sheni

The power of Pesach Sheni

HolidaysEli SilbersteinJune 29, 2020Pesach Sheni

The Or Hachaim's fascinating explanation of the power of the Sotah water

The Or Hachaim's fascinating explanation of the power of the Sotah water

The Or Hachaim's fascinating explanation of the power of the Sotah water

ParshaEli SilbersteinJune 29, 2020Naso