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PARSHAT BAMIDBAR: FINDING OU LIFE’S PURPOSE

Bamidbar (Numbers 1:1-4:20 ) The Torah portion outlines how G-d instructs that each tribe should have Its own flag (degel). The Midrash provides fascinating background to the seemingly mundane passage. The Midrash1 teaches that says that when G-d’s Presence descended upon Mount Sinai 22,000 angels descended with Him – each with flags. The Jewish… Read More »PARSHAT BAMIDBAR: FINDING OU LIFE’S PURPOSE

PARSHAT KEDOSHIM: UNDERSTANDING THE TRUE MEANING OF ‘CHESED’

Kedoshim (Leviticus 19-20 ) In the latter part of the Parsha the Torah enumerates the various forbidden relationships and their punishments. Towards the end of this list the Torah states: “A man who takes his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother, and sees her nakedness, it is… Read More »PARSHAT KEDOSHIM: UNDERSTANDING THE TRUE MEANING OF ‘CHESED’

PARSHAT METZORAH: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NAZIR AND THE METZORAH

Metzora (Leviticus 14-15 ) Vayikra, 14:2: “This is the law of the metzorah on the day of his purification, and he shall be brought (v’huvah) to the Kohen.”Bamidbar, 6:13: “This is the law of the Nazir on the day his abstinence is completed, he shall bring himself (yavi oso) to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. In… Read More »PARSHAT METZORAH: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NAZIR AND THE METZORAH

PARSHAT SHMINI – THE SALE OF JOSEPH, THE GOLDEN CALF AND THE TABERNACLE

Shmini (Leviticus 9-11 ) Vayikra, 9:2-3: “He said, ‘Aaron, Take for yourself a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for an elevation offering – unblemished; and offer them before Hashem. And to the Children of Israel speak as follows: Take a he-goat for a sin-offering, and a calf and a… Read More »PARSHAT SHMINI – THE SALE OF JOSEPH, THE GOLDEN CALF AND THE TABERNACLE