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]...
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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 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...
Parshas Acharei – Love and Return
By Shalom Olensky This week in the Torah: As a precaution to prevent a deadly result by entering the Holy of Holies – as was the case with two of Aaron’s sons (Nadav...
Parshas Acharei-Kedoshim – You be Holy, for I am Holy
By Avner Friedmann Parshat Kedoshim begins with HaShem instructing Moshe, “Speak to the entire assembly of the Children of Israel and say to them, “You be holy, for I HaShem your G-d am...
Parshas Kedoshim – Be Holy
By Rabbi Dovid Markel The second parsha in the group of parshios read this Shabbos is Kedoshim. The portion begins with the appeal that the Israelites be a holy people. The verse (Vayikra...
Parshas Tazria-Metzora – The Journey of the Soul
By Avner Friedmann The Parshah begins with the following words,[1] “Hashem spoke to Moshe, saying: Speak to the Children of Israel saying; when a woman conceives and gives birth…” Out of all the...
Parshas Shemini – The Number Eight
The significance of the number eight.
Parshas Shemini – Silence – Aaron’s Great Virtue
The virtue of silence.
