By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld

In Shemos, Perek Lamed Heh, psukim alef and bais, the Torah tells us that Moshe gathered all of the Yidden to tell them the following: six days a week they can do work, but the seventh day should be a holy day. The Ramban writes that when the posuk says Moshe gathered all the Yiddin, it included women as well. The women also donated to the Mishkon; therefore they had to be told about Shabbos so it should not be desecrated even for the building of the Mishkan and/or the Bais Hamikdosh.

By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
                The Baal Haturim in Parshas Tetzaveh brings down a Zohar that says there is no Sedra in the Torah since Moshe was born that does not have the name of Moshe in it, except for Parshas Tetzaveh. The reason for this is because in Shmos 32:32 Moshe said, “Forgive the Bnei Yisroel and if not, erase me from your Sefer Torah.” There is a rule that if a chacham makes a curse, even if it said conditionally, it will happen. This therefore happened in Parshas Tetzaveh.

In this episode, Rabbi Reinman explains why the Oral Torah does not have a text and why there was such instability during the years in the wilderness.
Chapter Twenty-two: Forty Years of Instability
There are two parts to the Torah, the Written Torah and the Oral Torah. The Written Torah on its own is clearly not an adequate code of law. The Torah commands us to wear tefillin but does not tell us what tefillin are. The Torah states that the desecration of Shabbos is a capital offense, but it does not tell us what constitutes desecration. Clearly, there must be a second body of law that provides the details, an orally transmitted body of law of which there was no written record until over a thousand years later.

In this episode, Rabbi Reinman explores the true nature of the Torah and discusses how the Giving of the Torah transformed the world.
Chapter Twenty-One: The Mysterious Torah
By the Giving of the Torah God promised to “betroth you to Me forever.” Both sides pledged their vows. The Jewish people swore to remain faithful to God and obey His commandments, and God swore to bring them into the Promised Land if they remained faithful but never to spurn them to the point of extinction even if they were not.

By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld

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By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
Why does the Navi Yeshaya use the lashon of Nachamu twice? Rabbeinu Bachya explains the reason is because everything is midda kneged midda. The Jews sinned double and were punished double, therefore they receive double consolation. Rav Dovid Cohen, the Chevroner Rosh Yeshiva, explains it a little differently. Before we get to the explanation, we need to double our questions.

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