Pesel Mikhah
From Sanhedrin 103b: תניא רבי נתן אומר מגרב לשילה ג’ מילין והיה עשן המערכה ועשן פסל מיכה מתערבין זה בזה בקשו מלאכי השרת לדוחפו אמר להן הקב”ה הניחו לו שפתו מצויה לעוברי דרכים. A...
Other-Focused O / Other-Focused Orthodoxy / Uncategorized
by Micha Berger · Published March 29, 2022 – כ״ו באדר ב׳ תשפ״ב · Last modified March 29, 2022
From Sanhedrin 103b: תניא רבי נתן אומר מגרב לשילה ג’ מילין והיה עשן המערכה ועשן פסל מיכה מתערבין זה בזה בקשו מלאכי השרת לדוחפו אמר להן הקב”ה הניחו לו שפתו מצויה לעוברי דרכים. A...
by admin · Published March 18, 2022 – ט״ו באדר ב׳ תשפ״ב · Last modified March 18, 2022
As the wise king wrote, “For everything there is a time, and a season for every goal under heaven.” The “time for war” was when Canaan was simply a battleground for warring barbaric tribes,...
by Micha Berger · Published February 7, 2022 – ו׳ באדר א׳ תשפ״ב · Last modified March 6, 2022
When learning about berakhos, whether the halakhos or the latter third of the mesechta, I like to emphasize the following point… The vast majority of berakhos are derabbanan. So, why so many different berakhos,...
by Micha Berger · Published December 15, 2021 – י״א בטבת תשפ״ב · Last modified December 15, 2021
A short thought, maybe “just” a conversation starter… There is a paradoxical obligation: it is prohibited to conform in all ways only to the letter of the law. One must stay well within it...
by Micha Berger · Published August 27, 2021 – י״ט באלול תשפ״א · Last modified August 27, 2021
I The pasuq (Devarim 28:61, parashas Ki Savo) reads, if we would translate it naively (ignoring the point we’re about to see in Rashi): גַּ֤ם כׇּל־חֳלִי֙ וְכׇל־מַכָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א כָת֔וּב בְּסֵ֖פֶר הַתּוֹרָ֣ה הַזֹּ֑את יַעְלֵ֤ם...
Dei`os / Other-Focused Orthodoxy
by Micha Berger · Published July 18, 2021 – ט׳ באב תשפ״א · Last modified July 18, 2021
The first time we encounter Yerushalayim (Bereishis 14:18), it is under the rule of Malki-Tzedeq, a “kohein leKeil elyon — a priest of the most high G-d”, under the name “Shaleim”. The other half...
by Micha Berger · Published May 30, 2021 – י״ט בסיון תשפ״א · Last modified May 30, 2021
My previous post engendered a couple of responses and a follow-up thought of my own that I would like to share. A quick reminder: In that post, I suggested that maybe “וְהָאִ֥ישׁ מֹשֶׁ֖ה עָנָ֣ו...
by Micha Berger · Published May 28, 2021 – י״ז בסיון תשפ״א · Last modified May 28, 2021
A quick thought on something from the parashah (Behaalosekha), based on how one translates the words in the title. Bamidbar 12:3. The context is that Miriam and Aharon just complained about Moshe’s neglected wife,...
Audio / Other-Focused O / Other-Focused Orthodoxy
by Micha Berger · Published May 13, 2021 – ב׳ בסיון תשפ״א · Last modified May 13, 2021
The Three Most Central Mitzvos of the Torah:A Pre-Shavuos Shiur On Thursday 2 Sivan, (May 13th, 2021) gave a shiur in preparation for Shavuos. A short discussion of what Shavuos and the Torah are all...
2- Shemos / Torah as Growth / Uncategorized
by Micha Berger · Published March 4, 2021 – כ׳ באדר תשפ״א · Last modified March 4, 2021
In this week’s parasha (Shemos 34:1), when Hashem tells Moshe to carve the second luchos, He says “פסל לך – carve for yourself”. The gemara comments on the apparently superfluous “לך – for yourself”...
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