Parshat Bechukotai – Curses and Blessing
By Rabbi Dovid Markel This week’s parsha, Parshat Bechokotai, deals with the rewards and punishments that result upon one following or transgressing G-d’s will. The story is told (Hayom Yom, 17 Elul) of...
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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...
Parshat Bechukosai – I Will Make the Land Desolate
An interesting prediction embedded in the curses of this week’s parsha.
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]...
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...
