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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...
Shavuos 5778
Rabbi Jablinowitz
There is a disagreement between Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Yehoshua how one should spend Yom Tov. Rabbi Eliezer posits that one spends Yom Tov either exclusively involved in spiritual pursuits, sitting and learning in the Beis Medrash, or he can spend it exclusively in the physical pleasure of eating, Read more...
Shabbos Chanukah
Rabbi Jablinowitz
The Medrash Rabbah (84, 3) in the beginning of parshat Vayeishev darshens a pasuk in Iyov (Chapter 3, Pasuk 26), Lo Shalavti V’Lo Shakateti V’Lo Nachti Vayavo Rogez. The Medrash learns that each statement indicating a lack of rest means a lack of rest from the previous difficult encounte Read more...
