The passuk says Miriam asked the daughter of Pharaoh, “Shall I go and call for you a wet-nurse from the Jewish women and she will nurse the young boy for you?” Rashi explains that the daughter of Pharaoh tried to have Moshe... Read More
The passuk says חכלילי עינים מיין ולבן שינים מחלב. Rashi explains this means their eyes will be red from wine that they will drink, and their teeth will be white from the milk that they will drink. There will be lots of... Read More
The passuk says “Pharaoh said to Yaakov, ‘how old are you?’ Yaakov said, ‘yemay shnai megurei shloshim ume’as shana me’at v’ra’im.’” “The years of my dwelling are 130 years, few and bad.” Da’as Zekaynim M’Ba’alei Tosfos says that because Yaakov said this... Read More
The Rambam in hilchos Chanukah says “the mitzvah of ner Chanukah isחביבה היא עד מאד, cherished very much. A person needs to be careful to make known the nes and add praise for Hashem and give thanks to Him for the nissim... Read More
The passuk says Yisroel loved Yosef from all his sons “ki ven zekunim hu lo and he made for him a kesones pasim. The brothers saw that their father loved him from all his brothers and they hated him.” The Gemara brings:... Read More
The Gemara brings Rav Kafra said: one who calls Avraham, Avram, is over on an aseh, as the passuk says, “והיה שמך אברהם.” Rav Elazar says one is over on a lav as the passuk says “ולא יקרא עוד שמך אברם.” The... Read More
