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Menachot 110: A Sweet Smell

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“It is said of the olah sacrifice of cattle, ‘rei’ach nichoach, an offering made by fire of pleasing odor’ (Vayikra 1:9); and [it is said] of the olah sacrifice of birds, ‘An offering made by fire of pleasing odor (…
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Menachot 99: Loving Mitzvoth

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The Sochochover Rebbe, in the introduction to his classic work on the laws of Shabbat, Eglei Tal, explains that Torah study is meant to be enjoyable. This should be rather obvious; it was King David (Tehillim 100:2) who taught that we…
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Menachot 99: Let's Break Some Bread

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“And you shall place on the table showbread before Me tamid, at all times” (Shemot 25:30). The lechem hapanim consisted of 12 loaves of bread, baked fresh erev Shabbat and eaten fresh the following Shabbat, split…
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Menachot 99: The Broken Tablets

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“At that time, the Lord said to me, ‘Hew for yourself two stone tablets like the first ones and come up to Me onto the mountain, and make for yourself a wooden ark. And I shall inscribe on the tablets the words that were upon the…
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Menachot 65: An 11 Day Journey

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The opening Mishna of masechet Megillah teaches that those living in small rural communities could fulfill the obligation to hear the Megillah on the Monday or Thursday prior to Purim. With no one to read the Megillah in their villages, a…
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Menachot 65: Saturday Night Harvesting

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The Jewish people are a most contentious one. We argue about (almost?) everything and then some. Debate is most healthy and part and parcel of our tradition, reflecting the vitality of our people, and the seriousness with which we address the…
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Menachot 53: Chametz and Matza

Rabbi Jay Kelman

"All korbanot mincha, flour offerings, are to be made of matza with the exception of the chametz of the korban todah, thanksgiving offering, and the shtei halechem, two loaves of bread [offered on Shavuot]…
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Menachot 43: Women and Tzitzit

Rabbi Jay Kelman

It is well known that the mitzvah of tzitzit is a classic case of a mitzvah aseh shehazman grama, a time-bound positive mitzvah from which women are exempt[1]. Though there are as many exceptions to this rule as the rule itself,…
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Menachot 44: A Slap in the Face

Rabbi Jay Kelman

There is little that turns one off from religion more than corruption in the religious sphere. When one sees someone cheating who outwardly presenting as religious, the harm to religion is incalculable. It is the ultimate in chilul Hashem…
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Menachot 43: Missing No Longer!

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Our generation has been blessed with the renewal of two mitzvot that had, for all intents and purposes, lay dormant for centuries.  It is our generation that merited the ingathering of the exiles from the four corners of the…
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