Why do we count the omer at night and not by day and why only on the 15th at night and not on the 14th at night? Because historically that is when the Jews started to count for the first time. Because the first day when they left Egypt they left in a miraculous manner and they thought that they would be traveling to Mount Sinai it was only the 15th in the night did they come to the understanding that they would not be receiving the Torah that day and therefore they began to count that night.

The talmud would says when we make a blessing we are permitted to eat food if we don't make the blessing it is as if we are eating sanctified food which is not permitted. How does the blessing remove the sanctity? By making a blessing we are acknowledging we are the servants of God and if we are a servant of a Cohen we can eat sanctified food and the same thing will be when we consider ourselves servants of God

In three instances we are told that we need to educate our children. The first that they shouldn't eat and and insects. I might have thought the only reason a person would is because they're they want to go against God and therefore there is no hope in changing their ways and we are told yes you can. The second drinking blood. That was common practice and I may have thought that something that is common practice you will not be able to change again we are told you can. Finally the priest has to teach his son that he cannot become impure. That is something that is illogical I may have thought that you cannot educate your child in something that is illogical and we are told yes you can

We need to educate our children by drawing them near by illuminating the beauty of the Torah. And by doing that the parents the adults their lives are also illuminated as well

Before we get begin to pray we need to verbalize our commitment to fulfill the positive commandment of loving our fellow Jew. Why do we need to verbalize it why isn't it sufficient to simply think it? The answer is because in the world of thought in the spiritual world the world of the soul there is no distinction between one Jew and another. It is only in this physical world when the soul finds itself in a body do we speak about distinction. Therefore we need to verbalize it bringing it down into this physical world that in this world we accept upon ourselves the obligation of loving our fellow Jew.

When you speak Russian horror the one you spoke about is also harmed. The question is why what did they do wrong?

When something leaves the world of concealment from the world of thought and it enters a revealed world the world of speech that can impact a person

How can you love someone as yourself? If I'm commanded to love somebody as myself why do I need to be commanded that I shouldn't steal from another person? The commandment to love someone expresses itself not so much as an emotional commandment but rather as a physical one. Therefore we can love someone else as we love ourselves. Just as I don't want somebody to still from me I don't want I will not steal from someone else. And therefore all of the commandments between man and his fellow man all stem from the general commandment of loving your fellow jew

If you see someone's life in danger both physically or spiritually you should know the very fact that you have seen it means that you are able to save them.

When you speak to somebody to encourage them to fulfill God's laws speak to them in a very positive manner. Tell them that they are holy because God is holy. Don't tell them the punishments that they will receive for not fulfilling the word of God

The connection between the blood of an animal that will sprinkled on the altar while if the animal was slaughtered not for temple service it is not covered with dust. Unlike the blood of a bird that was not sprinkled on the altar and its blood needed to be covered. Why was this so?