Parshat Bechukosai – I Will Make the Land Desolate
An interesting prediction embedded in the curses of this week’s parsha.
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Pashas Bechukosai – Physical Blessing
The physical blessings expressed in the Parasha.
Parshas Behar – I Will Ordain My Blessing for You
What Sh’mita teaches us about trusting in G-d.
Don’t Interrupt
The fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn, would not allow people to speak to him when he was washing his hands for a meal. Although according to the strict legal parameters, only speech...
It’s All Luck
In a handwritten ledger of one of the chassidim of the third Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, a statement of the first Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi is found:[1] “This...
Fear of Thunder
Once, the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, recalled the following about his predecessor, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch:[1] Chassidim were wont to say that the Rebbe is more frightened from thunder—though he...
Parshas Emor – A Lesson in Speaking
Rabbi Dovid Markel This week’s Parshas Emor opens with the words, “And the Lord said to Moshe: Speak to the kohanim, the sons of Aharon, and say to them: Let none [of you]...
Parameters of Charity
By Rabbi Dovid Markel Giving charity is the hallmark of the Jewish people. In fact, Rambam, in his laws of charity (10:1), states that we are to be careful in charity more than...
Parshas Shemini – Plenty and Eight
By Shalom Olensky This week in the Torah: On the eighth day of the Sanctuary’s dedication, the Divine Presence was revealed, and dwelled, therein. A Jewish Tradition: “A year in which “The Eighth”...
Parshas Tazria – Birth and Leprosy
By Shalom Olensky This week in the Torah: First, the laws of the spiritual impurity which caused leprosy in Biblical times. Second, the laws of purifying the leper, freeing him from the affliction...
