Weekly “Chadash” Articles from Rav Malinowitz ZTZ”L

We have seen last week that the Ramban seemingly attributes two parts to the prohibition of “You shall not test Hashem.” One is that [...]

Parshas Va’eschanan contains a negative mitzvah, a prohibition, articulated in the passuk (Devarim 6:16) “You shall not test Hashem, as you tested Him at [...]

Last week, we discussed the essential underlying concept of korbanos as explained by Maharal in Nesiv Ha’avodah. The Maharal explains that sacrificing a domesticated animal, [...]

We are currently in the midst of ‘The Three Weeks,’ a time of year that Chazal call ‘bein hametzarim’ (between the confining barriers), or, [...]

In this week’s sedrah (Bamidbar 27:12-13), Hashem says to Moshe Rabbeinu, “Go up to this mountain of Avarim and see the Land that I have [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]