Kollel Connections - Skokie Community Kollel

May 13, 2016

Kedoshim 5776

“And you will love your friend as yourself..” (19:18) The Chasam Sofer quotes a Medrash: One sage says, “Shema Yisrael”; this is a great principle of the Torah. Another ...

May 3, 2016

Pesach 5776

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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Insights on the Haggadah Kaddeish The first of the four cups is during Kiddush. But why consider it one of the special cups at the Seder if we have to ...

April 8, 2016

Tzaras, Kohainim and Lineage

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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“Hashem spoke to Moshe and Aharon, saying, “If a man will have in the skin of his flesh… a tzaras affliction; he will be brought to Aharon the Kohain…” (13:2) ...

June 25, 2015

Parshas Chukas 5775

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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“A well that the princes dug, that the nobles of the nation excavated, through a lawgiver with his staff; from the desert (midbar) a gift (matanah), and the gift ...

June 25, 2015

Parshas Korach, 5775

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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“And Korach son of Yitzhar, son of Kehas took…” (16:1) Reish Lakish expounded upon the names of Korach. Korach: Who made a tear (korcha) in Yisrael; son of Yitzhar: that ...

March 10, 2015

Ki Sisa

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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“Now it came to pass when he drew closer to the camp and saw the calf and the dances, that Moshe’s anger was kindled, and he flung the tablets from ...

February 13, 2015

Mishpatim 5775

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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Ramazim for Tzedakah and the Half Shekel For every mitzvah a person receives reward in the world to come. However with the mitzvah of tzedakah a person can merit reward ...

January 26, 2015

Parsha Bo

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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“And on this night, they shall eat the flesh, roasted over the fire, and matzos; with bitter herbs they shall eat it.” (12:8) Why does this verse separate the matzah ...

January 9, 2015

Shemos 5775

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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”…And Hashem said . ‘Behold Aharon your brother, the Levite… and also he is going out to meet you, and he will see you and rejoice in his heart’.” (4:14) ...

January 4, 2015

Vayechi 5775

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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חזק חזק ונתחזק… “And Yaakov lived in the land of Mitzrayim…” Rashi asks why is this a parsha s’tumah, a closed parsha? That is, the parsha does not begin as ...