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Shabbos Chanukah 5781
Rabbi Jablinowitz
The Mishnah in Shabbos 20B limits the oils which can be used for Shabbos lights. Only those oils which produce a clear flame may be used. And only wicks which are able to draw out the oil and create a consistent flame are acceptable. The reason for these limitations is that one uses the Shabbos cand Read more...
Parshat Zachor Purim 5783
Rabbi Jablinowitz
The Medrash Tanchuma at the end of parshat Ki Seitzei points out that both the mitzvah of eradicating Amalek and the mitzvah of Shabbos are given with the same word; Zachor. Nonetheless, the two mitzvos are diametrically opposed. The Medrash connects this distinction with the pasuk in Koheles (Chapt Read more...
Pesach 5783
Rabbi Jablinowitz
The Gemara in Pesachim 36A quotes the pasuk in parshat Re’eh (Chapter 16, Pasuk 3), שבעת ימים תאכל עליו מצות לחם עני. The Matza we are commanded to eat is referred to as לחם עני, poor man’s bread. But it is pronounced as לחם עוני, and the Gemara dar Read more...
Shavuos 5783
Rabbi Jablinowitz
The Gemara in Pesachim 68B brings a disagreement between Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Yehoshua as to whether there is an obligation to eat and drink on Yom Tov. Rabbi Eliezer posits that there is no specific mitzvah of Simchas Yom Tov. One certainly may eat and drink, but he also maintains the option of Read more...
