Monthly Archives: March 2015

During the Rabbi’s Drasha last night, the Shikkerdovid was reading the Hagada and would like to pose a question and a possible answer. The Hagada says Rabban Gamliel says: Whoever does NOT mention three things, has NOT fulfilled his obligation … Continue reading →

Last night the Shikkerdovid learned with Rabbi Prager the beginning of the famous perek, “Arbei Pesachim’ The Mishna states that one should refrain from eating from the 9th hour of the day prior to the seder. One of the reasons … Continue reading →

The ShikkerDovid was reluctant to post this thought, however it is Torah and demonstrates how the Torah and the Rabbis understand human impulses. In today’s daf, of Kesubot-48, the talmud describes what is understood as the husband’s responsiblity to his … Continue reading →

Last night the Shikkerdovid was invited by Rabbi Steve Weill to the Havana Club for drinks, cigars and to hear a pre-pesach shiur. It was paradise. I would like to share some of the outstanding ideas he said. Rabbi Weil … Continue reading →

The Parsha starts with Moses gathering the assembly of Israel and tells them to keep shabbos and then the building of the Mishkan proceeds. The Ishbitzer Ruv asks the famous question on the opening lines from this parsha, why shabbos … Continue reading →

The Shikkerdovid weighs in on the shidduchim and tuition crisis for the Jewish Press. http://www.jewishpress.com/blogs/guest-blog/shidduchim-and-tuition-crisis-two-problems-or-one/2015/03/11/

The Gemara in Keshobot launches into a dissussion of “Kum Lah Di Rabim Menaa. ” Or one does not pay money for a punuishment when faced with lashes, or death. This means that if one does an act which encompasses … Continue reading →

In third chapter of Talmud Megila, the Mishna starts by saying, the reader of the Megila may stand or sit while reading, but no the public reading of the Torah. The Talmud questions why one can sit while reading the … Continue reading →

The Shikker Dovid has an all time favorite idea for Purim. The Megila says in Chapter 5, verse 1. “On the third day put on her royalty.” The Megila does not say “put on her royal clothes”, rather her “royalty.” … Continue reading →

The Torah says in this parsha that a laver will be made with a base and Ahraon and his sons will wash from it. (Chapter 30, 19). The holy Ishbitzer comments that washing by the Kohanim is a method which … Continue reading →