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Shabbat Parashat Masei | 5768

Masei | 1 Av 5768 | 02/08/2008

This Land is My Land?

Before his death, Moshe was told to set up the apparatus to divide up the Land, as Bnei Yisrael prepared to enter and capture Eretz Yisrael. He appointed the overall leaders for the project, Yehoshua and Elazar, the nation’s incoming political and spiritual leaders, respectively, along with ten leaders of tribes who were to receive their portions west of the Jordan.

How Much Does One Need to Eat From the Lechem Mishneh?

Does one have to eat a k’zayit (size of an olive; assumed to be 1 fl. oz.) from the lechem mishneh (two loaves of bread for Shabbat)? What happens if the lechem mishneh is too small for everyone to get a sizable piece or if someone prefers another challa?

David Hamelech’s Dedication

“[A song of] David: guard my soul for I am pious” (Tehillim 86:2)… This is what David was saying before Hashem: ‘Master of the Universe, am I not pious, for all kings of east and west sleep until three hours into the morning and I at midnight I shall awake to praise you?’

Who Has Work Done by a Worker From a Temporary Employment Agency – part III

We have been discussing the law that states that one who engages employees through an employment agency is responsible for their workers’ rights. We last discussed the Rashba, who said that the obligation of one who told a worker to work for his friend is of a cosigner, which might imply that the friend is the direct employer.

This edition of Hemdat Yamim is dedicated in loving memory of

Yitzchak Eizik Ben Yehuda Leib a"h,
whose Yahrtzeit is the
29th of Av

as well as

R ' Meir ben Yechezkel Shraga Brachfeld

o.b.m

Hemdat Yamim is endowed by Les & Ethel Sutker of Chicago, Illinois in loving memory of

Max and Mary Sutker

and Louis and Lillian Klein, z”l.

A weekly divrei Torah leaflet: A Glimpse at the Parasha, Ask the Rabbi, From the writings of Harav Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook, zt”l, Pninat Mishpat (Jewish Monetary Law).