Tears

There is a famous Rambam, but no one could locate a source for it.What are ריעים and what are חבירים?

Everything is included in Shmone Esrei. Where is the tefila for a child?Where is the tefila for a Zivug?

Last year we analyzed the opinion that Avraham didn’t tell Sarah the Nevuah that she would have a child. This short shiur explores a Rishon who says he did tell her. But then how do you read the psukim?Sefer Chasidim on the topic

How did saving the king of Sodom make people believe in the miracle that happened to Avraham?Why do we say גומל חסדים טובים וקונה הכל so late in the first bracha of Shmone Esrei? What do the words even mean? Shouldn't their order be reversed?

More about NimrodSources for the Ibn Ezra and ChizkuniDid the Ramban have Sefer HaYashar? Did he rely on it?

A limud zechus on those who name after Nimrod

יונה מצאה בו מנוח ושם ינוחו יגיעי כחWhat is "Bo" and what is "Sham"?!2 new approaches to the song

Why are tears during davening compared to Nisuch HaMayim?Beginning with a striking comment of Rabbeinu Bachya and a passage from Rabbeinu Yehuda bar Yakar, this shiur explores the connection between tears, the Shitin beneath the Mizbeach, the foundations of creation, and the power of tefillah.A fresh perspective on Nisuch HaMayim — and on what tears can accomplish.

How can Rebbe Yehuda HaChasid count V'salachta as part of the 13 Middos?Why do we read V'salachta aloud on a Taanis?

Are you supposed to put a red strain around your new fruit?