In this week’s parsha, Parshas Naso, the Torah records the text of the Birkat Kohanim, the Priestly Blessings, recited by Aharon and his sons, the Kohanim, for all generations, as they lovingly bless the Children of Israel with Divine grace. And Hashem spoke to Moshe...
Chag Ha’Shavuos 5781. Zman Matan Tora’sainu. Last week saw the Meron Tragedy with its staggering, incomprehensible losses, the murder of 19 year old Hesder student Yehuda Guetta HY”D, shot in the head in a terror attack at the Tapuah Junction in the Shomron, and this...
In this first of this week’s double parshios, Parshas Behar, the Torah commands us regarding Shemittah - the seventh Sabbatical year - and Yovel - the fiftieth Jubilee year. These mitzvos fall under the special category of mitzvos ha’te’luyos ba’Aretz - mitzvos that are in...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Emor, we learn of the mo’adim (appointed festival times) by which the Jewish calendar is marked. And Hashem spoke to Moshe saying: דַּבֵּר אֶל-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם, מוֹעֲדֵי ה’, אֲשֶׁר-תִּקְרְאוּ אֹתָם מִקְרָאֵי קֹדֶשׁ--אֵלֶּה הֵם, מוֹעֲדָי, speak to the Children of...
In the second of this week’s double parshios, Parshas Kedoshim, we learn of a multitude of mitzvos that govern interpersonal relationships, including, but not limited to: thou shall not steal; thou shall not lie against your fellow; thou shall pay a workers wages on the...
It has been a year of the Covid pandemic. Both in the USA and in Israel, it has been a year of many losses. A year of political unrest. A year of elections, fear, uncertainty, upheaval and pain. A year of courage, triumph, and ingenuity. ...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Shemini, we are commanded regarding ma’achalos mutaros and ma’achalos asuros - permitted and forbidden foodstuffs. And Hashem spoke to Moshe and to Aharon, to say to them: דַּבְּרוּ אֶל-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, לֵאמֹר: זֹאת הַחַיָּה אֲשֶׁר תֹּאכְלוּ, מִכָּל-הַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר עַל-הָאָרֶץ, speak to...
Chag Ha’Pesach 5781 is upon us. After a difficult year for our world, our nation, our communities and our Land, as we battled the various difficulties - and terrible losses, Hashem yerachem - that came along with the COVID pandemic, we are poised to once...
With the completion of the Mishkan at the end of Sefer Shemos, where G-d’s Presence rested, symbolized by a Cloud by day and Fire by night (Shemos 40:38), in this week’s parsha, Parshas Vayikra, we move into the mitzvos regarding korbanos with full force. Now...
In the second of this week’s parshios, Parshas Pekudei, after many months of a labor of love, the Mishkan is finally erected. The promise of וְעָשׂוּ לִי, מִקְדָּשׁ; וְשָׁכַנְתִּי בְּתוֹכָם, and You shall make for Me a Sanctuary, so that I will dwell amongst them...