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DO NOT CURSE THE DEAF Society's behaviour towards the deaf is very odd when compared with its behaviour towards the blind, and this oddity is reflected in the ... Started by Michael Plaskow	0	Mar. 27, 2008
SHMINI (SECOND COMMENT) "THE FIRE ENTERED THEIR NOSTRILS" (10:2). Rashi comments on this verse that "The fire entered their nostrils and burned their souls". Thi... Started by Michael Plaskow	0	Mar. 26, 2008
Shortvort on Parshas Shemini from Rabbi Chaim Flom Parshas Shemini In Pirkei Avos 2:6, our Sages write "...a bashful person (one who feels shame) can't learn." "I felt embarrassed standi... Started by Rabbi Chaim Flom	0	Mar. 26, 2008
ASERET HADIBROT AND THE SHEMA Let us look at the Aseret Hadibrot first. 1. I am the Lord your God. 2. YOU SHALL NOT RECOGNISE THE gODS OF OTHERS BEFORE MY PRESENCE. 3... Started by Michael Plaskow	0	Mar. 25, 2008
SIDRA SHMINI In this week's sidra, we come across the word "GACHON" (Chapter 11 verse 42), The letter VAV of GACHON is written large to indicate that ... Started by Michael Plaskow	0	Mar. 24, 2008
BRICH SHMAY Brich shmay was first prescribed as a prayer for the individual worshipper in the year 1540 in Italy. From 1599 it spread over to other s... Started by Michael Plaskow	0	Mar. 24, 2008
Reply to Rabbi Waxman on Shalshelet Many thanks. Actually, I did not know that Global Yeshiva went back as far as 2005 or maybe earlier. I wonder if there is an index of sub... Started by Michael Plaskow	1	Mar. 23, 2008 Reply by Rabbi Joshua Waxman
WHY DO LEVIIM WASH THE HANDS OF THE COHANIM? The Gemara in Berachot 32b teaches that a Cohen who has killed someone may not perform "Nesiat Kapayim". Murder is connected to the hands... Started by Michael Plaskow	0	Mar. 23, 2008
THE SHALSHELET NOTE The TROP (Torah singing musical notes) have much to teach us. A shalshelet, a rare note, appears 4 times in the Torah. It means a chain. ... Started by Michael Plaskow	1	Mar. 23, 2008 Reply by Rabbi Joshua Waxman
Story of King Solomon and Ashmodai (Prince of the Demons) The Story of King Solomon & Ashmodai (1) (Prince of the Demons) Based on the Munich Codex of the Babylonian Talmud (2) (Gittin 68a-b)... Started by David Ben-Abraham	6	Mar. 21, 2008 Reply by David Ben-Abraham