Develop yourself to the best of your ability When the grandmother of Rabbi Meir Chodesh’s wife emigrated from Poland to Israel, one of the questions she had to fill in on the entry form was, “What are you taking with you and how do you plan to make a living… Read More »What do you take with you?
Develop yourself to the best of your ability Ona’as Devarim נְצֹ֣ר לְשׁוֹנְךָ֣ מֵרָ֑ע וּ֝שְׂפָתֶ֗יךָ מִדַּבֵּ֥ר מִרְמָֽה׃ Guard your tongue from evil, your lips from deceitful speech. (Psalm 34:14) Words can heal and words can wound. When words wound we call it Ona’as Devarim – hurftul speech. It is important to… Read More »What are You Doing
9 Nissan 5783 – 31 maart 2023 “The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it. Do not extinguish it” (Leviticus 6:5). The final phrase “lo tichbeh” is normally translated as ‘do not extinguish it’. The Maggid of Mezeritch, however, had a creative spin on how to read… Read More »9 Nissan – No to Negativity
בס”ד Leviticus 6:1-2 1 And the L-RD spoke unto Moses, saying: 2 Command Aaron and his sons, saying: This is the torah of the burnt-offering: it is that which goes up on its firewood upon the altar all night unto the morning; and the fire of the altar shall be… Read More »Parshat Tzav – Holy Fire
Tzav (Leviticus 6-8 ) In Its discussion of the various offerings, the Torah describes the Guilt (Asham) and Sin (Chataat) offerings with the exalted term of Holy of Holy offerings (Kodesh Kedoshim). In contrast, the Peace (Shelamim) offerings are described with the term of Lighter Holy offerings (Kodshim kalim), which indicates a… Read More »Parashat Tzav – The Advantage of the Baal Teshuva
6 Nissan 5783 – 30 maart 2023 By keeping the apointed mitzvot, working on ourselves and joyful acts of giving, we bring about true Happiness, the more we come to know about Hashem digesting the Torah, the more our will becomes alike that of Hashem and we find ourselves serving… Read More »8 Nissan – Were is room for G-d?
Blessed be those who find their way to serving HasHem and love their fellow as themselves, Becoming an active Noahide brings me so much joy, truth and wisdom that has been passed on to the Jews 3,5 thousand years ago , and evolved itself from generation to generation. It gives… Read More »TESTIMONIAL FROM YOERI – BEING A NOAHIDE BRINGS ME JOY, TRUTH AND WISDOM
8 Nissan 5783 – 30 maart 2023 “He shall bring an unblemished ram, from the sheep, of the proper value as a guilt offering to the Priest. The Priest will make atonement for him – for the error which he did unintentionally and he did not know, and he will… Read More »8 Nissan – A Lack of Attention
7 Nissan 5783 – 29 Maart 2023 קַ֤ח אֶֽת־אַהֲרֹן֙ וְאֶת־בָּנָ֣יו Take Aaron Finding a verse that belongs to today’s Tora-portion and that appealed to me to apply in today’s life was a challenge. I found the following explanation to this verse valuable. Every one of us has the inner power… Read More »Tzav -Leviticus 8:2 – Develop your inner “Priest”
6 Nissan 5783 – 28 maart 2023 “A perpetual fire shall be lit on the altar; it may not be extinguished.” (Leviticus 6:6) According to the Talmud (Zevachim 91b) extinguishing even a single coal on the altar is a transgression. When we’re young, we have a healthy, enthusiastic and pure… Read More »6 Nissan – Pure and Simple Faith
