Monthly Archives: November 2012

The Robot Rabbi has chastised the Shikker Dovid for coming out against powerball. The Robot Rabbi cited the practice of Reb Yisroel Salanter of buying lottery tickets. The Shikker Dovid would like to point to a Mishna in Sanhedrin, page … Continue reading →

On page 53 of Tractate Shabbat ( I think that is the page) the talmud tells a tragic story of a man who loses his wife and is unable to pay for someone to nurse his new born baby. Gd … Continue reading →

On page 51 of tractate Shabbat we are taught that certain collars or rings may be placed on animals for them to wear on Shabbat. The critical measure is amount of restraint it puts on an animal. Even animals need … Continue reading →

In Parshat Vayatze, the Ramban compares Lavan to Yitro in the treatment of his daughters. The Ramban says that Lavan was more modest by his daughter Leah than Yitro’s daughter’s because he did not send her to pasture the flock. … Continue reading →

The Haftorah of parshat Toldot is the beginning of Malachi. The book begins: The burden of the word of Gd to Malachi.” The chapter then goes to chastise and really “ream” the Kohanim who do not act properly and the … Continue reading →

In the beginning of parshat Toldot, we are told that Rachel was “barren” and that Isaac prayed for her and she conceived. A close reading the of the pasuk indicates the order is switched: Chapter 25 , pasuk 21 says: … Continue reading →

The Shikker Dovid has started learning the third perek of Shabbat knows as Kira which deals with heating and keeping food warm on Shabbat. One of the key ideas in warming food on shabbat is that it must be at … Continue reading →

The Talmud Shabbat page 35 describes how there would be 6 blasts of a horn on Friday afternoon before Shabbat. One of the blasts was to call the workers in from the fields. The Talmud states that the workers were … Continue reading →

In Parshat Chaya Sara the Torah describes how Avraham purchases the land an cave to bury sara from Ephron. The Torah describes how a bunch of people surround Ephron and Avrham. Avraham does not ask Ephron directly, rather he asks … Continue reading →

Back in parshat Noach, the Torah said that after Gd remembered Noah in the ark. The Torah there uses the word “Yizcor”. In Vayeara, Gd remembers Sara and gives her a child. In Vayera with Sara the word is Pakad. … Continue reading →