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Parshat Ki Seitzei 5785
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in this week’s parsha about a man having relations with a נערה מאורשה, a woman who received Kiddushin from another man. This woman is an אשת איש, and the punishment for such an act is death. But the Torah makes a distinction in the outcome between whether the encounter Read more...
Parshat Shoftim 5785
Rabbi Jablinowitz
The Medrash Rabbah on the beginning of our parsha (5,3) brings the pasuk in Mishlei (Chapter 21, Pasuk 3), עשה צדקה ומשפט נבחר לד' מזבח; doing acts of righteousness and judgment is preferable to Hashem than bringing sacrifices. The Malbim explains that acts of Tzedakah and Mish Read more...
Parshat Reeh 5785
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in this week’s parsha the mitzvah of the Eved Ivri, the Jewish slave. Though this parsha already appears in parshat Mishpatim, Rashi explains that it is repeated here for two reasons. One, to teach that a Jewish maidservant, an אמה עבריה, also goes free after six years like her Read more...
Parshat Ki Savo 5785
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read at the very end of this week’s parsha that Moshe reviews with Bnei Yisrael the wonders and the miracles that Hashem performed for them in the desert. In the middle of this review, Moshe says (Chapter 29, Pasuk 3), ולא נתן ד' לכם לב לדעת ועינים לראות ואזנ Read more...
