Be Our Guest
The pasuk says (Bereishis 18:3), “And he [Avraham Avinu] said: ‘My master, if I found favor in your eyes, please pass not away from your servant.’” Rashi on Shavuos says that the simple explanation of “My master” is…
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Seder Moed · dafim 2–35
Rosh Hashanah
Finished November 13, 2021 in this cycle. 9 articles, 8 stories
Map of the dafim
Articles, in daf order
Obviously, Rosh Hashana Falls Out on Rosh Chodesh
A travel company is currently running a marketing campaign with “Captain Obvious” as their spokesman. He utters such phrases as “My enemy’s enemy is my enemy’s enemy.” A researcher was trying to uncover the origins of…
Rosh Hashana in a Cemetery
The Gemara in Brachos (18b) records a particularly interesting incident. A pious man gave a poor man a dinar on Erev Rosh Hashana during years of famine.
Stories in Rosh Hashanah
The Chofetz Chaim Delays Shalom Aleichem for Guests
The Chofetz Chaim made Kiddush right away for hungry travelers and sang Shalom Aleichem later, explaining that angels can wait but hungry guests should not.
Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel's Son Skips a Verse
Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel's son, chosen as chazzan for his fine voice, stops before the Rosh Chodesh verses of Mussaf on Rosh Hashanah, and explains why.
The Pious Man Who Slept in the Cemetery
A pious man gives charity in a famine, flees his wife's anger to a cemetery on Rosh Hashanah night, and overhears two spirits reveal the year's decree on crops.
Levi and the Mysterious Word 'Kava'
A man tells the amora Levi that someone was "kava" him. Levi asks the beis midrash what it means, and learns the man was robbed but didn't want to shame the thief.
Bilam's Talking Donkey
Bilam's donkey sees an angel, stops and speaks to rebuke him, then dies at once, so that wicked Bilam would be spared the shame of a living reminder.
