Kedoshim-Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders a man happy.In the opening verse of this week’s Parsha, Kedoshim, Hashem commands Moshe “Daber el kol edat Bnei Yisrael veamarta alayhem kedoshim tihiyu… “Speak to…
Kedoshim -Do more than you have to!Do more than you have to!“Naval birshut ha-Torah” is an expression used by Nachmanides, known as the Ramban, to describe “a degenerate with the permission…
Say about others what you would want said about yourself!Why is the Parsha of ‘negaim’ (tzaraat – skin afflictions that are specific types of discolorations which occurred sometimes as a result of gossip/slander – lashon…
Metzorah -“Positive talk”“Positive talk”In describing the Metzora’s [leper’s] purification, the Torah states“Vetzivah hakohen velakach lamitaher shtei-tziporim chayot tehorot …..”“The Cohen shall command to take for the person undergoing purification two live, pure…
Kedoshim- “Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders a man happy.”In the opening verse of this week’s Parsha, Kedoshim, Hashem commands Moshe “Daber El Kol Edas Binei Yisrael Veamarta Alayhem Kedoshim Tihiyu… “Speak…
This is a Reb Shlomo Carlebach story about marriage and the holocaust.. “Hashem does not forget…”“A true and touching story about marriage and the Holocaust that happened to Reb Shlomo Carlebach.…
Shemini-Etiquette for acknowledging a mistakeIn Parashat Shemini, after the sudden deaths of Nadav and Avihu, Moshe commands Aaron, Elazar and Itamar – the remaining Kohanim – to proceed with the Sacrificial Services as planned. However, it subsequently becomes clear that the Kohanim had not eaten the…
Shemini_etiquette for acknowledging a mistakeIn Parashat Shemini, after the sudden deaths of Nadav and Avihu, Moshe commands Aaron, Elazar and Itamar – the remaining Kohanim – to proceed with the Sacrificial Services as planned. However, it subsequently becomes clear that the Kohanim had not eaten the…
Vayikra 10:6 “… your brethren the entire House of Israel shall bewail the fire that Hashem ignited” What did they do wrong? Whenever we contemplate the deaths of Nadav and Avihu we ask ourselves: “What was their sin?”…
Vayikra 10:6 “… your brethren the entire House of Israel shall bewail the fire that Hashem ignited” What did they do wrong? Whenever we contemplate the deaths of Nadav and Avihu we ask ourselves: “What was their sin?”…
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