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Chanukah 5784
Rabbi Jablinowitz
The Gemara in Shabbos 21B teaches a disagreement between Beis Shammai and Beis Hillel as to how one lights the Chanukah lights. According to Beis Hillel, we light one candle the first night, and an additional candle each following night for eight days. However, Beis Shammai disagrees and posits that Read more...
Purim 5784
Rabbi Jablinowitz
The Gemara in Megillah 7B teaches in the name of Rava מיחייב איניש לבסומי בפוריא עד דלא ידע וכו'. There is a mitzvah to drink on Purim to the point where one doesn’t know the difference between Mordechai and Haman. The Gemara doesn’t state that one needs Read more...
Pesach 5784
Rabbi Jablinowitz
At Leil HaSeder, during the Magid section of the Hagaddah, we mention the four different types of sons alluded to in the Torah. The wicked son asks, מה העבודה הזאת לכם; why are you bothering yourselves with all these mitzvos? And the response to this son is preceded with an admonition Read more...
Shabbos Shuvah 5784
Rabbi Jablinowitz
The Gemara in Yoma 86B brings a contradiction between two statements of Reish Lakish. One states that if one does Teshuvah, then his sins committed with full intent and awareness, מזיד, are considered as having been done by mistake, שוגג. The other one states that if one does Teshuvah, his s Read more...
