February 2023

1 Leviticus 18:5 And you shall guard My statutes and My laws, through the performance of which man shall live, I am the L-rd וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֤ם אֶת־חֻקֹּתַי֙ וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֔י אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֹתָ֛ם הָאָדָ֖ם וָחַ֣י בָּהֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהֹוָֽה׃   2 TB Berakhot 11b Which blessing does one make before reciting passages of Torah?… Read More »TORAH STUDY

בס”ד I Is the Torah only a book of laws? 1 Rashi on Genesis 1:1 Rabbi Yitzchak said, “the Torah would only have needed to begin from החודש הזה לכם, (this month shall be for you, etc.), as it is the first mitzvah that the Children of Israel were commanded.… Read More »TORAH NARRATIVE AND LAW