<div dir="ltr">from the Torah in motion site on the recent daf yomi Beitzah 4<div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px">It is worth noting that in the Diaspora--and only in the Diaspora--on each of the holidays of Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot, we read "<em>kol habechor</em>" (Devarim <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">15:19 - 16:17</span></span>), which discusses the three pilgrim festivals and the mitzvah of <em>aliyah leregel</em>, coming to Jerusalem for Yom Tov. Our Rabbis of old could chastise in the most subtle and beautiful of ways. (I thank Rabbi Menachem Leibtag for this insight.)</span><br clear="all">
<div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000099" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif">Eli Turkel</font></div>
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