The opening of the Torah reading called Masei is about the 42 trips that the Jewish people traveled coming out of Egypt and reaching the Land of Cnaan. Torah is not just a history book, rather also a teachings book. What is the teaching behind all these trips? This week,… Read More »PARSHAT MASEI 5784 – LIFE IS A CONSTANT TRIP
In this week’s reading we find Pinchas being rewarded with a special gift after having acted bravely in the last event of parashat Balak. A simple teaching for each one of us from Pinchas’ attitude. This week’s Torah reading is called Pinchas. The name Pinchas refers to a person and… Read More »PARSHAT PINCHAS 5784 – TAKE ACTION!
This week’s Torah reading relates the story of Balak and Bilam, how they tried to destroy the Jewish People by cursing them. However, only blessings came out of that. Within the blessings Bilam recites, he describes the Jewish People like a crouched lion. What can we learn from that? This… Read More »PARSHAT BALAK 5784 – CROUCHED LIKE A LION
This week’s reading starts by stating that this particular rule, am irrational one, is actually the essence of the whole system of commandments (Mitzvot). The name of this week’s Torah reading is Chukkat. Chukkat means a rule or statute. In the Torah, there are different types of rules, essentially three… Read More »PARSHAT CHUKAT 5784 – THE ESSENCE OF TORAH
