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Rosh Hashanah 5781
Rabbi Jablinowitz
The Gemara in Rosh Hashanah 34A darshens the pasuk (Tehillim, Chapter 81, Pasuk 4) Tiku Ba’Chodesh Shofar Ba’Kese Leyom Chageinu to be referring to Rosh Hashanah. The Gemara asks rhetorically, Eiyzeh Chag She’HaChodesh Miskaseh Bo, Havey Omer Zeh Rosh Hashanah. What Chag is it that Read more...
Yom Kippur 5781
Rabbi Jablinowitz
The first Mishnah in Yoma teaches that we separate the Kohen Gadol from his home a week before Yom Kippur. The Gemara derives this obligation from the seven days of Milu’im. The pasuk states (Vayikra, Chapter 5, Pasuk 33), U’Mepesach Ohel Moed Lo Seitzu Shivas Yamim; the Kohanim couldn&r Read more...
Succos 5781
Rabbi Jablinowitz
The first time we find a mention of Succos in the Torah is not in relation to the Yom Tov of Succos. We find it by Yaakov Avinu in parshat Vayishlach. The pasuk says (Chapter 33, Pasuk 17), U’Lemikneihu Asa Succos, Al Kein Kara Shem Hamakom Succos. On his way home to Eretz Yisrael, Yaakov made Read more...
