Parshat Ha-azinu – The Blessings on Torah Study
To view as a Designed and Printable PDF, click here. In this week’s parsha is expressed the obligation to make a blessing before the commencement of Torah study. This sicha analyzes this obligation...
Author: Goldie Markel
Parshat Vayeilech – On Revealed Concealment
To view as a Designed and Printable PDF, click here. The current Sicha explains the verse “And I will surely hide My face on that day.” It expresses how in truth the greatest...
Parshat Shoftim – Appointing Kings
To view as a Designed and Printable PDF, click here. This week’s parsha expresses the directive that Israel appoint a king. Ironically though, when Israel asked for a king, G-d was disappointed with their...
Parshat Re’eh – The Signs of Kashrut
To view as a Designed PDF, click here. . This week’s parsha discusses the signs that make an animal kosher—split hooves and chewed cud. This Sicha analyses the spiritual significance of these two signs. ...
Parshas Devarim – A Vision From Afar
To view as a Designed PDF, click here. On the Shabbat of Parshat Chazon, the Temple is shown to every individual from afar. This Sicha analyzes the seemingly contradictory ideas of being “shown”...
Parshat Pinchas – Wonders and Miracles
To view as a Designed PDF, click here. The Talmud states that if an individual sees Pinchas in a dream, “a wonder will be wrought for him.” This Sicha analyses this statement and...
Underlying Torah Principles of Property and Ownership
By Rabbi Dovid Markel To view as a PDF, click here. Abstract: This article will discuss the question of why G-d forced the Jewish people to accept the Torah. The methodology will...
Parshas Behar – Shabbos: A Taste of the World to Come
By Avner Friedmann Our Parsha states[1]: “For six days labor may be done and the seventh day is a day of complete rest, a holy convocation, you shall not do any work: it...
Parshas Tetzaveh – The Robe of Aharon
By Rabbi Dovid Markel This week’s parsha discusses the special clothing that the high-priest was to wear when he performed the service in the Holy of Holies in the Tabernacle and later the...
Parshas Tetzaveh – The Essence of Moshe
To view as a Designed and Printable PDF, click here. נדפס לזכות חיים מרדכי בן הרב שמואל לייב מרקל לרגל הכנסתו בבריתו של אברהם אבינו. Though Parshas Tetzaveh alludes to Moshe multiple...
