Weekly Newsletter Volume 5, Issue 23, Parshas Vayikra

April 5, 2025; 7 Nissan, 5785 Sponsored by Rabbi Yaakov Mandel, L’Ilui Nishmas Esther Bas Menachem Manis

"…אָדָם כִּי יַקְרִיב מִכֶּם קָרְבָּן לַה” - When a person will bring from you, an offering to Hashem… (Vayikra 1:2)

The customary term that the Torah uses in reference to a Jewish person is the Hebrew word “Ish”—a man. In this instance however, the Torah uses the word “Adam”—a person. 

Rashi (based upon an old text of the Midrash Tanchuma Siman 2) explains that the term Adam is specifically employed by the verse to teach us an important lesson. It teaches us that we must be very careful to ensure that what be bring for Hashem is free of any theft...

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Weekly Newsletter Volume 5, Issue 22, Parshas Pekudei

March 29, 2025; 29 Adar, 5785 Sponsored anonymously for the Refuah Shleimah of Yair Nissan Ben Sara

Rav Laizer Yudel Finkel ZT”L was the last Rosh Yeshiva of the Mirrer Yeshiva in Poland. The vast majority of the students of the Mirrer Yeshiva escaped Nazi-occupied Europe to Kobe, Japan and then to Shanghai. The Rosh Yeshiva eventually re-established the Mirrer Yeshiva in Jerusalem and a large percentage of the students that were in Shanghai rejoined him, including his son-in-law, Rav Chaim Shmulevitz ZT”L, who eventually succeeded him. 

Since the founding of the State of Israel, fixed-term military service has been compulsory for its citizens...

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Weekly Newsletter Volume 5, Issue 21, Parshas Vayakhel

March 22, 2025; 22 Adar, 5785 Sponsored anonymously for the Refuah Shleimah of Yair Nissan Ben Sara

In the small Polish town of Radin where he lived, the Chofetz Chaim once received a letter containing a substantial sum of money. The sender had addressed it to "The Famous Rabbi of Radin." The Chofetz Chaim’s heart raced when he saw the unexpected bounty as his struggling Yeshiva desperately needed the funds.

Upon opening the letter, the Chofetz Chaim realized there was a problem. While he was indeed a rabbi in Radin, there was another distinguished rabbi in town who also had a significant following. The ambiguous address meant the sender might have intended the money for the other rabbi....

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