Michael el Chayil

There is very little rhyme or reason for how a topic for a TftD gets chosen. Basically, I learn something, think, "Oh, cool!" and then write it up.... as soon as I have time, which has been quite limited recently. As a consequence, I have a growing backlog of "oh cool" thoughts that I am itching to publish. That being the case, I may as well choose one that goes together with the epoch in which we once again find ourselves—the Three Weeks—which began with the fast of שבעה עשר בתמוז and culminates with the commemoration of the destruction of the Temple, may it be rebuilt soon and in our lifetime, on תשעה באב. I was discussing a question on Chumash this last week, and of course we looked at the רש''י on that verse. After realizing that I had fully understood what רש''י was saying, I commented that someday I need to actually learn רש''י and not just read it every week. The expression "I saw an interesting רש''י this week" is ju...