23 Iyar 5783 – 14 mei 2023 “And they gathered the entire nation on the first day of the second month…according to the number of the names…” What is meant by “according to the number of the names”? Ramban (Nachmanides) explains: Hashem told Moses to count each and every person… Read More »Numbers 1:18 – Each Person is Unique
Bamidbar (Numbers 1:1-4:20 ) Shavuot is described as the time of the Giving of the Torah. Why isn’t it called the time of the Receiving of the Torah? One reason given is that the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments, which were given on Shavuot, were eventually destroyed during the sin of… Read More »Parshat Bamidbar – Combining the Spiritual with the Physical
At first, glance, which doesn’t seem like such a complicated question. The first day of Shavuot is the 6th of Sivan and thus the day the Torah was given. At first, glance, which does not seem like such a complicated question, which was on Shavuot. After all, we have concluded… Read More »On Which Date was the Torah Given?
A practical question frequently asked is: can I buy and eat meat from a supermarket or regular butcher shop, or should I buy kosher slaughtered meat, or maybe become vegetarian? In Genesis, we read that to Adam, the green herb was given to eat. וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱ-לֹקים הִנֵּה֩ נָתַ֨תִּי לָכֶ֜ם אֶת־כׇּל־עֵ֣שֶׂב ׀… Read More »Eiver min ha-Chai – The Prohibition of Meat of a Living Animal
בס”ד MAIMONIDES’ 13 PRINCIPLES OF FAITH: THE SECOND PRINCIPLE: BELIEF INTHE ONENESS OF G-D Hear O Israel, the L-rd is our G-d, the L-rd is One שְׁמַ֖ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל ה’ אֱ-לֹהקֵינוּ ה’ ׀ אֶחָֽד׃ 2. Rashi, Isaiah 60:21 “the L-rd is our G-d, the L-rd is One”: Hashem, who is our G-d now,… Read More »THE 13 PRINCIPLES OF FAITH #2: THE ONENESS OF G-D
3.4.a Restoration of the Third Temple and observance of all laws and mitzvot Again, Ezekiel (chapter 37) is the Prophet that speaks most clearly about this: “And they shall no longer defile themselves with their idols, with their detestable things,… And I will form a covenant of peace for them,… Read More »3D WHAT THE TENACH TEACHES US – RESTORATION OF THE THIRD TEMPLE AND OBSERVENCE OF ALL LAWS AND MITZVOT
בס”ד And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is Mine; for you are strangers and settlers with Me. (Leviticus 25:23) Rabbi Elazar of Bartota said: Render unto Him that which is his, for you and all that you have are His, as King David said… Read More »Parshat Behar-Bechukotai: Gifs from G-d
Behar (Leviticus 25:1-26:2 ) Vayikra, 25:17: “And a man may not afflict his fellow, and you must fear your G-d, because I am Hashem your G-d.” Rashi, 25:17: Dh: Veloh sonu — Not afflict: “Here the Torah warned about hurtful words, that one may not harm his fellow, and not give him advice that… Read More »Parshat Behar – Showing Sensitivity to Others
Prayer from the heart A person must turn to G-d with all his worries and needs, not only for himself but also for another. Each person can pray to the One G-d with his own words in a language he understands .A “simple” prayer, straight from the depths of the… Read More »PRAYER FOR THE ILL
18 Iyar 5783 – 9 May 2023 “You shall sanctify the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land for all of its inhabitants; it shall be the Jubilee year for you…” (Leviticus 25:10). This verse contains the stirring phrase that was engraved on Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell in 1752. The… Read More »Leviticus 25:10 – When is a Society Liberated?
