Torah Wisdom Weekly

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman ([email protected]) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why two proofs of identity were needed.
ɚ why the Leviim were counted from infancy.
ɚ when teachers are like fathers.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman ([email protected]) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why lackadaisical Torah study results in calamity.
ɚ why there is no mention of the failure to observe Shemitah.
ɚ why the erech assessment for gender and age groups is uniform.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman ([email protected]) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ the Torah’s special blessing of a threefold harvest.
ɚ the prohibition of persecuting Jewish servants.
ɚ why a Jewish person sells himself to a gentile.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman ([email protected]) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why a Kohein is forbidden to marry a divorced woman.
ɚ why Shabbos is first on the list of Festivals.
ɚ why we skip the first week when we count the Omer.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman ([email protected]) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why all people must respect their parents.
ɚ how love of others leads to observance.
ɚ the prohibition against favoring great people.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman ([email protected]) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why entry into the Kodesh Kadashim can lead to death.
ɚ why the Kohein Gadol wears white only on Yom Kippur.
ɚ why the Kohein Gadol’s son is first in line to succeed him.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman ([email protected]) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why the owner of the afflicted house gets money.
ɚ how tumah comes only when the Kohein says tamei.
ɚ why the afflicted stones had to be replaced and replastered.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman ([email protected]) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why the birth of girls causes more tumah.
ɚ why only those like Rabbi Shimon should be born.
ɚ how we know Dassan and Aviram lost their money.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman ([email protected]) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian, and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ The petirah of Rav Chaim Kanievsky zatzal.
ɚ The extraordinary challenge of Aharon’s silence.
ɚ Why and how Aharon was rewarded for his silence.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman ([email protected]) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ when rulings are could be issued for Mashiach’s times.
ɚ how Amalekites could abduct people if they were all dead.
ɚ why we drink on Purim more than on Yom Tov.