Rav Malinowitz ZTZ"L

The Gemara in Bava Basra (14b) states: “Moshe Rabbeinu wrote his sefer, ‘Parshas Bilam,’ and the book of Iyov (Job).” Rashi there explains, “[What [...]

Last week, we explained two fundamentally different approaches regarding emunah and all of Torah and mitzvos. One approach is simple, perhaps unsophisticated, faith and [...]

“Vayikach Korach” —“And Korach took.” What did he take, and where did he take it? Rashi explains that “he took himself off to the [...]

Last week, we saw that a person’s life in this world is essentially a shutfus —a partnership— between the body and the soul. The [...]

“Nazir? Rabbi Malinowitz, that was in last week’s sedrah; this week is Parshas Beha’aloscha! Beha’aloscha is so difficult, with so many strange happenings —the [...]

There is an interesting, almost paradoxical aspect to studying and understanding Torah, which leads us to a major, vital perception of it. On the [...]

Last week, we defined the legal reality of a kinyan as when an actual, real, situation is formalized as belonging that way. As such, I can possess an [...]

Over the last two weeks, we have focused on preparing for zeman matan Toraseinu by explaining (and hopefully accepting and ultimately fulfilling) Chazal’s dictum, [...]

Last week, as part of  our  preparation for Kabbalas HaTorah engendered by sefiras ha’omer, we started discussing the concept of “Derech eretz kadmah la’Torah,” explaining that —in some [...]

Chazal tell of a number of things which preceded the creation of the world (see Pesachim 54a), one of them being Torah. Yet Chazal also say “Derech [...]

One of the more common phrases we hear and say is “yetzi’as Mitzrayim” —going out of or leaving Egypt. The Exodus. Whether the context [...]

In a certain sense, the process of yetzias Mitzrayim started with Hashem telling Moshe Rabbeinu “Hachodesh hazeh lachem… This month (i.e., new moon) is [...]