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Religion
Jewish
Affiliation:
Orthodox
Torah Knowledge:
Advanced
Favorite Torah Subjects:
Chumash, Tanach, Gemarah B"Keyus, Halacha
Location:
New York
Website:
http://parsha.blogspot.com
About Me:
I received semicha (rabbinic ordination) from YU (RIETS).
I post most frequently on my blog, at http://parsha.blogspot.com ,
but also on my Rif Yomi blog at http://alfasi.blogspot.com

My interests include halacha, midrashic method, and mechkar (academic Talmud study).

Note: This has sometimes tripped people up, so let me clarify that there is another Rabbi Joshua Waxman, who is a Reconstructionist rabbi. He is an entirely different person.

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The Rif on Sefiras HaOmer

In honor of Sefiras HaOmer, here is the entirety of Rif on Sefiras HaOmer, which I translated a while back as part of my ongoing Rif translation project. This is from Rif Pesachim 27b and Rif Pesachim 28a though the Rif is drawing his material from the gemara Menachos. {Menachot 65b}
And we are obligated to count the days of… Continue

Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 1:29pm — 7 Comments (Add)

Yitro: The meaning of the trup and nikkud of Shemot 20:19

In response to an anonymous questioner on my blog: What is the meaning of לֹ֥א תַֽעֲשׂ֖וּן אִתִּ֑י אֱלֹ֤הֵי כֶ֨סֶף֙ וֵֽאלֹהֵ֣י זָהָ֔ב לֹ֥א תַֽעֲשׂ֖וּ לָכֶֽם׃?

After all, the etnachta is on the word itti, giving us two apparent separate instructions:
You shall not make [images of anything that is] with Me.
and
Gods of sil… Continue

Posted on January 24th, 2008 at 8:25pm — No Comments (Add)

Lech Lecha: The Perverted Law Code of Nimrod

For entertainment purposes only. We now know of the Code of Hammurabi, an Ancient Near Eastern law code. And it is useful for figuring out peshat in various pesukim. But what should we think of this law code? Is it good and moral? How does it rate against, e.g. Hurrian law, which seems to be much practiced by the avot and company? Firstly, it is quite possible that the Torah makes mention of Hammurabi, in parshat… Continue

Posted on October 18th, 2007 at 2:58pm — 2 Comments (Add)

Devarim/Balak: Did Balak or Israel Begin the Hostilities?

Did Balak begin the hostilities, frightened of Israel such that he first hired Bilaam and then sent Moabite women to entice Israel to sin? Or could Balak point to the Jews and shout "But they started it?" We get different perspectives of this when reading parshat Moav with Rashi and reading parshat Devarim with Rashi. In parshat Balak, we read {Bemidbar 22:2-3}: …
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Posted on July 20th, 2007 at 3:05pm — No Comments (Add)

Short Dvar Torah for Masei -- Was Any Daughter of Tzelophchad Smarter Than Another? The Machlokes Rashi vs. Rashbam

I know it is a week past, but I thought I'd post here a short dvar from by parsha blog, with a resonant message:

Previously, I discussed a Rashi on Masei and gemara in Bava Batra 120a that appears to assume a practice of marrying off older daughters first.

However, there is one point that still merits discussion, and was left unresolved. Was any daughter of Tzelophchad sm
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Posted on July 16th, 2007 at 9:24pm — 1 Comment (Add)

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At 2:21pm on October 19th, 2007, Rabbi Joshua Waxman said…
thanks.
At 6:21am on October 19th, 2007, Sam- said…
Nice youtube "Al Hamichya" video that's on your blog. Well done.
 
 
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