Weekly Hashkafa
Parshas Emor – The Torah’s system of Self Perfection
“A cow or a sheep, it and its child, do not slaughter on one day.” Vayikrah 22:28 In one of the many mitzvahs that teaches us how to deal with animals, the Torah commands us not to kill a mother and its offspring on one day. The...
Read more of this articleParsha Achrei Mos
Systems of Human Perfection “And a man from the house of Israel, and from the converts who live with you, who shall consume any blood, I shall place My face against the soul of the one who consumed blood, and I shall cut it...
Read more of this articleParshas Metzorah – Warning: Loshon Horah Kills!
Warning: Loshon Horah Kills! Parshas Metzorah While traveling from city to city selling his wares, a peddler approached the city of Tzipori and called out in a loud voice, “Who wants to buy the potion of life? Who wants life?”...
Read more of this articleParshas Shemini – Food for the Soul
“ Tell Bnei Yisroel, “These are the creatures you should eat.” Vayikrah 11:2” When the Torah introduces the animals that we may and may not eat, it uses the expression “chaya.” Rashi explains this as a play on the...
Read more of this articlePesach – The Season of Emunah
“When you enter the Land of Israel, you will enjoy prosperity and abundance. You will build beautiful homes. Your crops and livestock will increase. You will amass gold and silver. And all that you engage in will flourish…...
Read more of this articlePesach – Kindliness is G-dliness
And Pharaoh sent for Moshe and Aharon and said to them, ‘I have sinned this time. HASHEM is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.” — Shemos 9:27 After months and months of rebellion, Pharaoh finally admitted that he...
Read more of this articleParshas Tzav – HASHEM and Man: Master and Servant
Parshas Tzaveh “The Kohain shall don a garment of linen, and he shall don linen breeches on his skin, and he shall remove the ashes.” — Vayikra 6:3 One of the daily activities in the Mishkan was taking out the ashes. The...
Read more of this articleParshas Ha Chodesh – It’s not fair!
“And you shall take a bundle of hyssops and dip it in the blood in the basin, and you shall touch it to the lintel and the two door posts, and you shall not go out, no man from the entrance of his home that night, until the...
Read more of this articleParshas Pekudei-VaYakel
Men are from Mars “He made the wash basin of copper and it base of copper, from the mirrors of the women who gathered at the entrance to the Ohel Moed.” — Shemos 38:8 The mirrors are the most precious of gifts The Torah...
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“Moshe returned to HASHEM and said, “Please! This people has committed a grave sin and made themselves a god of gold.” – Shemos 32:31 When Moshe Rabbenu comes down from Har Sinai When Moshe Rabbeinu came down from Har...
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