Sukkah - the mitzva that does not make you 'empty-pocketed'
The Gemara says that G-d tested the non-Jews with the mitzva of Sukkah, easy to keep because it does not involve monetary loss, And?
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The wondrous two he-goats
Is atonement for sins between man and Hashem dependent on his having appeased his fellow man, for any sins against him?
Ki Tavo: Bikkurim, the offering of our hands
The Torah stresses ‘the hands’ in the mitzva of Bikkurim, for a symbolic, moral and historic reason.
Why can't an Ammonite or Moabite be allowed to enter Am Yisrael?
Just how basic is 'hakarat hatov,' refraining from being an ingrate, in Judaism - and why?
The myth of the self-made man
It is in the nature of man, to think that by his strength and acumen, he has prospered - but that is hubris.
The power of a mitzva
Moshe’s fear of Og was not from the physical might of Og, but from Og’s ‘spiritual’ merits
The righteous daughters of Zelophehad
How come Moses does not know what answer to give five orphaned sisters who want to inherit their father's portion of Eretz Yisrael?
Why did Aaron die before Moshe? (for Korach and Chukat)
In Korach, Aaron's staff flowers, in Chukat he and Moshe both sin, so why is he punished first? Why didh't he also beg to enter the Land?
"Separating challah" - the mitzva that atones for the spies
Our Sages see this mitzva as a pre-condition’ to entering the Land,a contra to the spies who should have kissed its stones and thanked G-d.
To receive the Torah, be like a desert!
Mount Sinai was a humble mountain in a desolate desert. What does G-d's giving the Torah there try to tell us?
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