בס”ד This short class explains the meaning of the words Lag BaOmer and relates a story by Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai with an important lesson. Today is a very special day in the Jewish calendar, called Lag BaOmer. It is the 18th day of the Hebrew month of Iyar and… Read More »LAG BA’OMER – WHAT IS IT?
בס”ד Parashat Kedoshim In this week’s reading we learn about being holy. Usually this means to be separated from the world. But in this short class we learn that holiness can also mean to be within the world, in a very special way. Are you holy? This week, we read… Read More »PARSHAT KEDOSHIM – ARE YOU HOLY?
בס”ד Parashot Tazria/Metzora The main subject of these two sections is a miraculous decease called Tzraat and the way it appears and gets cured. There are many layers of meaning in the Torah and, therefore, there’s a lesson both for regular people and for very elevated people. Introduction This week’s… Read More »PARSHAT TAZRIA/METZORA – IS GOD THE MAIN THING IN YOUR LIFE?
בס”ד DON’T BE SILENT, PRAISE! Parashat Shemini This week’s Torah reading talks, among other themes, about the death of two of the sons of Aharon, Nadav and Avihu, in the middle of serving G-d. The Torah relates the attitude of Aharon and, when compared to that of King David we… Read More »PARSHAT SHEMINI – DON’T BE SILENT, PRAISE!
בס”ד There’s a double liberation expressed in the last days of Pesach. A few explanations of the subject. We’re coming very close to the last days of Passover — Pesach — which is part of the broader holiday of liberation. Pesach itself is about liberation from slavery in Egypt, and… Read More »LAST DAYS OF PESACH – A DOUBLE LIBERATION
בס”ד Shabbat haGadol (before Pesach) This Shabbat is called “the great Shabbat” because a great miracle happened before the Jewish people left Egypt. An explanation of it’s meaning and relation to Bnei Noach. Based on Likutei Sichot vol. 17, p. 57 Shabbat HaGadol – The Great Shabbat Before Passover The… Read More »SHABBAT HAGADOL 5785
בס”ד This week’s Torah reading begins the third book of Torah, the book of the laws of Kohanim, priests. Even though most of the ideas and laws of the book don’t apply today since we (still) don’t have a Third Temple, still the lessons are eternal. How do you become… Read More »PARSHAT VAYIKRA 5785 – CLOSER TO GOD
בס”ד This week’s Torah reading is the end of the second book of Torah and seems to have a repetition of ideas that were already mentioned in previous sections. Trumah, Tetzaveh and Ki Tisa talk about the building of the Tabernacle. Sections Vayakhel and Pekudei also! Why is there repetition?… Read More »PARSHAT PEKUDEI 5785 – ACTION IS THE MAIN THING
בס”ד Parashat Vayakhel In this week’s Torah reading we find the actual building of the Tabernacle. However, there’s an introduction that Moshe says before communicating the laws of the building that gives us some insight into how to repair Idolatry. Parashat Vayakhel: The Connection Between Work and Shabbat This week’s… Read More »PARSHAT VAYAKHEL 5785 – GATHER YOUR POWERS
בס”ד Worse than Idolatry Parashat Ki Tisa This week’s Torah reading is called Ki Tisa, and the main story it contains is the long story of the Golden Calf. Our sages added a reading of the prophets after the regular Torah reading (Melachim 1, ch. 18). In this additional reading… Read More »PARSHAT KI TISA – WORSE THAN IDOLATRY
