סנהדרין קה
When משיח comes, the יצר הרע will be slaughtered. But everyone, even the יצר הרע, needs to be eulogised. Thus, it seems likely that at his funeral they may well say that he often spent time in the company of good Jews.
סנהדרין קד
When he heard people complaining how difficult it is to prepare for חג פסח, a רב observed: “Perhaps that is why ניסן is called ראש חדשים, as חז״ל stated: “כל המיצר לישראל נעשה ראש.”
סנהדרין קג
Why do we praise אברהם אבינו for his מידת הכנסת אורחים? After all, the תורה notes that לוט also greeted the Angels ויעש להם משתה. The אוהב ישראל answered: by לוט it is written ויבואו שני המלאכים. To greet מלאכים isn't something to boast about. But by אברהם, the תורה states והנה שלושה אנשים. They
סנהדרין קב
The רבי מקלויזנבורג asked how is it that with all the gold that the Yidden took with them when they left מצרים they only produced a golden calf and not a full size bull? He answered “Even then there were עסקנים who took some for themselves.”
סנהדרין קא
After קין killed הבל, the רבונו של עולם asked him למה חרה לך ולמה נפלו פניך? The question seems odd, since the פסוק expressly states that it was because “וישע ה׳ אל הבל ואל מנחתו ואל קין ואל מנחתו לא שעה. ויחר לקין מאד ויפלו פניו.” In fact, ר׳ חיים סולובייצ׳יק explained, the question
סנהדרין ק
A thick bearded man was studying מסכת סנהדרין, and was very disturbed when he reached the passage quoting Ben-Sira as stating עבדקן סכסן, which רש״י explains means that a thick bearded man is a שוטה. What should he do? Cutting the beard is אסור, but leaving it as is would expose him to ridicule as
סנהדרין צט
R’ חיים שמחה וויטלס had a beautiful explanation of על שלושה דברים העולם עומד. He had great respect for his fellow Jews, always making an effort to complete his תפילה with the ציבור so that they would not need to wait for him to complete קריאת שמע and שמונה עשרה. Similarly, being a בקי in
סנהדרין צח
There was a custom in Europe to end a דרשה with the words ובא לציון גואל. The מגיד of Dubna, רבי יעקב קראנץ, once gave a דרשה but didn’t end with ובא לציון גואל. His listeners were surprised but none, except for one poor young man, had the nerve to ask him why. The מגיד
סנהדרין צז
A למדן was asked: "We learned in a משנה at the end of מסכת סוטה that בעקבתא דמשיחה חוצפא יסגי, namely that brazenness will be widespread as משיח arrives. Now, how is this possible? חוצפא is a trait of the wealthy, as stated in משלי that העשיר יענה עזות. Yet, in סנהדרין our חכמים tell
סנהדרין צו
When ר׳ יעקב יוסף was asked concerning the statement in 49 דף of Sotah that בעקבות משיחא חוצפא יסגא, why does the גאולה have to be in a generation that is full of חוצפא?, he answered that the main טענה that הקדוש ברוך הוא has against בני ישראל and is holding back the arrival of