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Ester said to Mordechai, “Go, gather all the Jews who are in Shushan, and fast over me and do not […]

March 1965 Why do we read the portion Zachor [Remember] on the Shabbat [Sabbath] before Purim? That is, we see that before

“When he let his hand down, Amalek prevailed.” The question is, Why did Moses let down his hands? The thing

“Remember what Amalek did to you along the way when you came out from Egypt.” Amalek is the evil inclination,

The 15th of Shevat is Rosh Hashanah [New Year’s Eve] for the trees. Rosh Hashanah is a time of sentencing for judgment or for mercy. The month of Shevat is the

Rabbi Elazar and Rabbi Shimon, on the first of Tishrey, Rosh Hashanah [beginning of the year] for the tithing of the beast, and on

What is the reason that on the 15th of Shevat, which is Rosh Hashanah [beginning of the year] for the trees, we eat fruits? Baal

Rabbi Yehoshua Ben Levi said, “Why are Israel compared to an olive tree? To tell you that as the leaves

February 7, 1955 Rosh Hashanah [New Year’s Eve] for the trees. Man is called “the tree of the field,” and Rosh Hashanah is the time