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Tezaveh – Purim1)                  Prohibition of eulogizing and fasting: The 14th and 15th of Adar (Purim and Shushan Purim) are days of feasting and joy. Therefore, eulogizing and fasting are forbidden to everyone, everywhere,…

Tezaveh-Can Avelim send Mishloach Manot or E-cards ?  QUESTION:Can Avelim send Mishloach Manot? If not why not? & if there’s a restriction, does it include E-cards that are basically  donations to…

Tezaveh-Tzitz Geulah and Megilat EstherThe Mishna in Avot (6:6) says that “anyone who repeats a saying in the name of the one who said it brings- Geulah- redemption to the world”. When we quote a person…

Terumah-purim-yom kippurimThen Moses assembled the whole Israelite community and said to them. (Exodus 35:1)When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, the people assembled against Aaron and…

Mishpatim- on bribery and corrupion and TzadikimMishpatim- on bribery and corrupion and tzadikim“You shall not take a bribe, for the bribe will blind those who can see and will pervert the words…

Mishpatim-Parents Time and ShabbatMishpatim-Parents Time and ShabbatThe Torah (Vayikra 19:3) states that “a person must fear his mother and father and observe the Shabbat.” Why does the Torah connect the honoring of parents to Shabbat observance?…

Parshas Yisro -THE FIRST MAN TO SAY THANK YOU!“Blessed be the Lord who delivered you from the Egyptians and from Pharaoh… Now I  know that the Lord is greater than…

Parshat Beshalach -“A wise choice.”“Moshe took the bones of Yosef with him…” (Exodus 13:19)The Midrash relates that while Bnei Yisrael [Israelites] were preoccupied with obtaining the wealth of the Egyptians before leaving Egypt, Moshe was busy…

Parshat Bo-IT’S NOT ONLY WHAT YOU DO, BUT THE WAY THAT YOU DO ITIT’S NOT ONLY WHAT YOU DO, BUT THE WAY THAT YOU DO ITOne of the initial mitzvot of the…

Vayakhel-UnityThen Moses assembled the whole Israelite community and said to them.(Exodus 35:1)When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, the people assembled against…