by R. Moshe Kurtz Lomdus on the Parsha: Vayikra Based on the Acclaimed Sefer Chavatzeles HaSharon Q: Why do we not keep track of the offerings we owe God?  And if any one of the common people sin through error, in doing any of the things which the Lord hath commanded not to be done, and be guilty: or if his ...

by R. Moshe Kurtz Lomdus on the Parsha: Pekudei Based on the Acclaimed Sefer Chavatzeles HaSharon Q: Is a body with two heads considered one person or two people in Jewish law? A half-shekel a head, half a shekel by the sanctuary weight, for each one who was entered in the records, from the age of twenty years up, 603,550 men. ...

by R. Moshe Kurtz Lomdus on the Parsha: Vayakhel Based on the Acclaimed Sefer Chavatzeles HaSharon Q: Are women obligated to build the Holy Temple? And all the skilled women spun with their own hands, and brought what they had spun, in blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and in fine linen. And all the women who excelled in that skill ...

by R. Moshe Kurtz Lomdus on the Parsha: Ki Sisa Based on the Acclaimed Sefer Chavatzeles HaSharon Q: May non-Jews believe in more than one God? And all the people took off the gold rings that were in their ears and brought them to Aharon. This he took from them and cast in a mold, and made it into a ...

by R. Moshe Kurtz Lomdus on the Parsha: Tetzaveh Based on the Acclaimed Sefer Chavatzeles HaSharon Q: Which is holier, the Tzitz of the High Priest or the Tefillin of the common man? You shall make a frontlet (Tzitz) of pure gold and engrave on it the seal inscription: “Holy to God.”  Suspend it on a cord of blue, so ...

by R. Moshe Kurtz Lomdus on the Parsha: Terumah Based on the Acclaimed Sefer Chavatzeles HaSharon Q: Is the mitzvah of charity diminished when performed for an ulterior motive?  Tell the Israelite people to take for Me gifts; you shall accept gifts for Me from every person whose heart is so moved. (Exodus 25:2) “Me,” means for My Name. (Rashi, ...

by R. Moshe Kurtz Lomdus on the Parsha: Mishpatim Based on the Acclaimed Sefer Chavatzeles HaSharon Q: Why is lighting candles on Friday not considered a violation of Shabbos? When a fire is started and spreads to thorns, so that stacked, standing, or growing grain is consumed, the one who started the fire must make restitution. (Exodus 22:5) We do ...

by R. Moshe Kurtz Lomdus on the Parsha: Yisro Based on the Acclaimed Sefer Chavatzeles HaSharon Q: Why did God compel the Jewish people to accept the Torah? Moshe led the people out of the camp toward God, and they took their places at the foot of the mountain. (Exodus 19:17) The Medresh Tanchuma (Noach, no. 3) notes that while the ...

by R. Moshe Kurtz Lomdus on the Parsha: Beshalach Based on the Acclaimed Sefer Chavatzeles HaSharon Q: Is one required to hear all of Torah reading? Then Moshe caused Israel to set out from the Sea of Reeds. They went on into the wilderness of Shur; they traveled three days in the wilderness and found no water. (Exodus 15:22) The Talmud ...

by R. Moshe Kurtz Lomdus on the Parsha: Bo Based on the Acclaimed Sefer Chavatzeles HaSharon Q: May we sanctify the new month outside the Land of Israel? God said to Moshe and Aharon in the land of Egypt: “This month shall mark for you the beginning of the months; it shall be the first of the months of the year ...