Monthly Archives: January 2013

IN Parshat Yitro, sentence 11 the Torah says: Moses went out to greet his father his father in law, they bowed and kissed and gave greetings and went into “Hohelah” or “the tent”. While the SD is not great at … Continue reading →

The Talmud Shabbat on page 114A makes a startling remark. Any talmud chacham who wears a shirt with a grease stain is liable for death. What?, the remark is intended to show the respect a wise person engenders. Rabbi Yona … Continue reading →

In Pashat Beshallach, all the Jews whine and cry that they have no water. The episode is known as Ma Meriva. Hashem tells Moshe to strike the while while HE (hashem) is standing on the rock. Comparing this episode to … Continue reading →

The Shikker Dovid has been pushing his way through Moed Katan for the shloshim of Dovid be Yitl ah and has been caught up in more mundane mattters. However, a mishna came up with shows how beautiful Jews and theTorah … Continue reading →

In Moed Katan page 6b, the mishna tells us that we may fix a breach on chol hamoed. The Talmud tells us that this refers to a wall or a fence. The Talmud goes on to tell us if the … Continue reading →

The Shikker Dovid is continuing to learn Moed Katan for dovid ben Yitl ah. On daf 5 of this Talmud there is a discussion of marking fields to identify areas where graves or bones lie so people do not cross … Continue reading →

In parishat Shmos, we are told how Moshe went out and “saw the burden” of the Jews in Egypt. (chapter 2 verse 11) Rasihi tells us that his eyes saw and his heart felt the pain. The Shikkerdovid would like … Continue reading →