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Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why we have no mitzvos on Shemini Atzeres.
ɚ the relationship between Torah and mitzvos..
ɚ why the Torah ends with the breaking of the luchos.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ how the heavens and the earth bear witness.
ɚ why Sukkos is considered a time of joy.
ɚ why joy leads to divine inspiration.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why Moshe’s instructions differed from Hashem’s.
ɚ why we need forgiveness from other people.
ɚ why we pray for the wrong things.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ how covenants obligate future generations.
ɚ why Moshe didn’t mention the drinking of the water.
ɚ why fear of Heaven is such a small thing.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why we say good riddance at a bar-mitzvah.
ɚ why our enemies scatter along seven roads.
ɚ the curses not mentioned in the Torah.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ when the poor must bless those who gives them charity.
ɚ how some Amalekites could survive total destruction.
ɚ what is considered a letter in the Hebrew alphabet.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why no king was appointed for four hundred years.
ɚ why the word horses takes different forms in the same passuk.
ɚ how Shaul used eglah arufah to excuse his disobedience.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ if eating blood is enjoyable or disgusting.
ɚ why we must forgive a person who apologizes.
ɚ the punishment for a person who does not give charity.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ how the new generation saw the wonders Hashem performed.
ɚ how we can bring ourselves to love Hashem.
ɚ why we need a promise that we will be rewarded.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why Moshe asked on three occasions if his prayers were accepted.
ɚ why we must remember that the fire at Sinai rose to the sky.
ɚ why the Torah uses words drawn from other languages.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ if Moshe had a share in Eretz Yisrael.
ɚ why the people thought Hashem hated them.
ɚ why Og was a frightening adversary.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why funerals in Egypt introduce the travels in the wilderness.
ɚ why we must know what happened in Eilim and Refidim.
ɚ why the daughters of Tzelafchad couldn’t marry out.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ when self-defense is a legitimate argument.
ɚ why some people are willing to sacrifice their children for money
ɚ how we see that Targum does not translate some city names.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why the Torah reports the survival of Korach’s sons in a strange place.
ɚ why Moshe feared that the people would be leaderless after he died.
ɚ how a Jewish leader should conduct himself during wartime.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why the whole story of Bilaam is not included in the Torah.
ɚ why the donkey’s mouth was created on the sixth day.
ɚ how that angel praised the donkey in contrast to Bilaam.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian, and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ Why it mattered that Moshe struck the rock rather than talk to it.
ɚ The three reasons Moshe was barred from entering Eretz Yisrael.
ɚ What Moshe found so desirable about Aharon’s manner of death.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ how Korach’s rebellion gained such wide popularity.
ɚ why Moshe was told to empty the copper pans of their ashes.
ɚ how Moshe knew that the plague had already begun.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why it was acceptable for Yehoshua to send Meraglim.
ɚ how the story of the Meraglim is out of chronological order.
ɚ why the people thought Kaleiv was denigrating Moshe.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ the complaint of the people that missed the korban pesach.
ɚ why there was not enough meat or fish to feed the people.
ɚ why Moshe said only a short prayer for Miriam.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why the Torah gives deference to the house of Gershon.
ɚ why the Sotah is told that Reuven sinned even though he didn’t.
ɚ why dreams need both healing and rectification.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why two proofs of identity were needed.
ɚ why the Leviim were counted from infancy.
ɚ when teachers are like fathers.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why lackadaisical Torah study results in calamity.
ɚ why there is no mention of the failure to observe Shemitah.
ɚ why the erech assessment for gender and age groups is uniform.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ the Torah’s special blessing of a threefold harvest.
ɚ the prohibition of persecuting Jewish servants.
ɚ why a Jewish person sells himself to a gentile.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why a Kohein is forbidden to marry a divorced woman.
ɚ why Shabbos is first on the list of Festivals.
ɚ why we skip the first week when we count the Omer.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why all people must respect their parents.
ɚ how love of others leads to observance.
ɚ the prohibition against favoring great people.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why entry into the Kodesh Kadashim can lead to death.
ɚ why the Kohein Gadol wears white only on Yom Kippur.
ɚ why the Kohein Gadol’s son is first in line to succeed him.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why the owner of the afflicted house gets money.
ɚ how tumah comes only when the Kohein says tamei.
ɚ why the afflicted stones had to be replaced and replastered.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why the birth of girls causes more tumah.
ɚ why only those like Rabbi Shimon should be born.
ɚ how we know Dassan and Aviram lost their money.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian, and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ The petirah of Rav Chaim Kanievsky zatzal.
ɚ The extraordinary challenge of Aharon’s silence.
ɚ Why and how Aharon was rewarded for his silence.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ when rulings are could be issued for Mashiach’s times.
ɚ how Amalekites could abduct people if they were all dead.
ɚ why we drink on Purim more than on Yom Tov.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ how Aharon received his thirteen prophecies..
ɚ the Rambam’s views on the origin of korbanos.
ɚ why Rabah killed Rav Zeira when he was drunk.

Parshas Pekudei – Betzalel vs. Moshe – Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why Moshe misunderstood Hashem’s building instructions.
ɚ why the poles were inserted before the ark was complete.
ɚ why we repeat the prayer for yiras shamayim.

Parshas Vayakhel – Again, Again and Again – Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why hundreds of pesukim are repeated for no seeming reason.
ɚ why the utensils in the Beis Hamikdash were made of gold.
ɚ why the empty mizbeiach is mentioned at the end.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why the rich could not give more than the poor.
ɚ why the eigel worshippers demanded many gods.
ɚ how a seemingly impossible miracle can occur.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why the mitzvah of lighting the candles appears out of order.
ɚ when tefillin can go under the straps of the tzitz.
ɚ why the first row of the avnei shoham is counted twice.

Parshas Terumah – The Fiery Menorah – Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why the ark’s carrying poles could not be removed.
ɚ when the Torah was put into the ark.
ɚ why it was hard for Moshe to make the menorah.

Parshas Mishpatim – The Secrets of the Angels – Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a famous talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why we should forgive our enemies.
ɚ why the people pounced on the booty by the sea.
ɚ the secrets of the angels.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a famous talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ where we see that the people did teshuvah at Sinai.
ɚ how God gave Moshe an opening to deflect the sin of the Eigel.
ɚ why we don’t mention Mattan Torah in our prayers.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman is a famous talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ when too much prayer is inappropriate.
ɚ why the people wanted the booty by the sea.
ɚ the uses of the singular and plural.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman is a famous talmid chacham, historian, and author. 
This week he discusses: 
ɚ which firstborns deserved to die and which ones didn't 
ɚ why we invite to the seder after we’ve already begun
ɚ what was the actual act of extraction from Egypt

Parshas Va’eira – Hailstones from Heaven – Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman is a famous talmid chacham, historian, and author. This week he discusses:
ɚ why did it take so long to present Moshe’s pedigree?
ɚ where did the hailstones originate?
ɚ Basya’s arm, Vashti’s tail, Moshe in outer space

Parshas Shemos – The Mystery Treasure – Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman is a noted author of acclaimed sefarim Shufra Dshtara, Abir Yosef, and many other works. He is also the bestselling author of the classic Avner Gold’s Pulichuver series. 

Rabbi Reinman is a brilliant talmid chacham with fascinating ideas and insights to share.

Parshas Vayechi – The Unforgiven – Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman
Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman is a noted author of acclaimed sefarim Shufra Dshtara, Abir Yosef, and many other works. He is also the bestselling author of the classic Avner Gold’s Pulichuver series. 

Rabbi Reinman is a brilliant talmid chacham with fascinating ideas and insights to share.

Parshas Vayigash  Calamity and Despair - Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman is a noted author of acclaimed sefarim Shufra Dshtara, Abir Yosef, and many other works. He is also the bestselling author of the classic Avner Gold’s Pulichuver series. 

Rabbi Reinman is a brilliant talmid chacham with fascinating ideas and insights to share.

Parshas Mikeitz – Pharaoh and the Chashmonaim - Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman is a noted author of acclaimed sefarim Shufra Dshtara, Abir Yosef, and many other works. He is also the bestselling author of the classic Avner Gold’s Pulichuver series. 

Rabbi Reinman is a brilliant talmid chacham with fascinating ideas and insights to share.

Parshas Vayeshev - The Price Was Too Low - Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman is a noted author of acclaimed sefarim Shufra Dshtara, Abir Yosef, and many other works. He is also the bestselling author of the classic Avner Gold’s Pulichuver series. 

Rabbi Reinman is a brilliant talmid chacham with fascinating ideas and insights to share.

Parshas Vayishlach: Soul, Body, Money - Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman is a noted author of acclaimed sefarim Shufra Dshtara, Abir Yosef, and many other works. He is also the bestselling author of the classic Avner Gold’s Pulichuver series. 

Rabbi Reinman is a brilliant talmid chacham with fascinating ideas and insights to share.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman is a noted author of acclaimed sefarim Shufra Dshtara, Abir Yosef, and many other works. He is also the bestselling author of the classic Avner Gold’s Pulichuver series. 

Rabbi Reinman is a brilliant talmid chacham with fascinating ideas and insights to share.

Parsha Insights: Toldos - The Pleading Room - Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman is a noted author of acclaimed sefarim Shufra Dshtara, Abir Yosef, and many other works. He is also the bestselling author of the classic Avner Gold’s Pulichuver series. 

Rabbi Reinman is a brilliant talmid chacham with fascinating ideas and insights to share.

Parsha Insights: Chayei Sarah - Complicated Negotiations - Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman is a noted author of acclaimed sefarim Shufra Dshtara, Abir Yosef, and many other works. He is also the bestselling author of the classic Avner Gold’s Pulichuver series. 

Rabbi Reinman is a brilliant linguist with fascinating ideas and insights to share. 

Parshas Chayei Sarah - Complicated Negotiations