It’s a matter of Trust! 20 Iyar 5782 To hear the recorded message click on:https://youtu.be/9ddQ021WfKw Our Rabbi Netanel, Ranebi repeated that the Torah is not chronological, it’s not historical although our history is within its pages. He reminded us that when we read it, to look at it as a mosaic. When we get too close […]
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Parashat Emor 5782
14 Iyar 5782 To hear our Rabbi’s live recorded message, click on: https://youtu.be/xAY22cGv98g Parashat Emor speaks of the importance of the role of the kehunat, the priesthood, of Israel. Moses was told to tell his older brother Aaron that he would be the Cohen HaGadol, the head of this priesthood. How could Aaron have been chosen […]
Parashat Kedoshim 5782
6 Iyar 5782 To hear the recorded message, click on https://youtu.be/sNPmbrxVCqI From Parashah Kedoshim we learn that the sacred, the holy, is not achieved by separating ourselves from the rest of the congregation, but simply by walking side by side with others; otherwise, what is the point of being “holy”; it is only for ourselves? […]
Parashat Achare Mot 5782
29 Nisan 5782 To hear full recorded message, click on https://youtu.be/5rlFI_7c0hM It was You who opened springs and streams; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers. The day is Yours, and yours also the night; You established the sun and moon. It was You who set all the boundaries of the earth; You made both summer […]
Pesach Day One 5782
15 Nisan 5782 Click on the link to listen to the recorded message: https://youtu.be/gPQDb4KN52w The Significance of Pesach For one moment let’s forget everything that we think we know about Pesach and allow ourselves to see another perspective. Imagine that night; the people were all in their homes, whether Israelite or non-Israelite, whether slave or […]
Parashat Metzora 5782
To watch recorded message, click on https://youtu.be/1sSu7BhiSeY The Power of the Tongue This week’s parashah, Metzora, is one of the most detailed regarding how to treat various bodily processes that are natural such as illnesses, secretions, etc. and considered to be impure. The book of Vayikra in general, particularly this parashah, not only deals with […]
Parashat Tazria 5782
1 Nisan 5782 To listen to the recording, click https://youtu.be/NDMr5T0_eSk We are in the weeks before Pesach and always before this Moed, many of us find ourselves in a greater spiritual battle than usual. This is normal. We are not only cleaning the chametz (yeast) out of our homes, but we are also cleaning it out of […]
Parashat Shemini 5782
To listen to message from Ranebi’s message on 29 Nisan 5778, click on link: https://youtu.be/KQgweszWPqI Who are we trying to impress? Parashat Shemini is a very difficult portion and its stories have been used by religions to promote their own dogmas and doctrines. It is always important to understand the lessons of these stories so […]
Parashat Tzav 5782
2 Adar ll 5782 What is a True Offering? I’ve adapted today’s drash on Tzav from a message that our Rabbi, Ranebi brought us in 5780 – 2 years ago. Here’s is his message for us today. This week in Parashat Tzav, which means “He commands”, Aaron and his children, the cohanim, were taught in detail […]
Parashat Vayikra 5782
9 Adar ll 5782 Leviticus 1: 1 – 5:26 The Book of Vayikra (Leviticus), which we are beginning this week, is also called Torat HaKohanim, instructions for the Priests. It mostly deals with the Korbanot (the offerings) to be presented in the Mishkan (Tabernacle). Vayikra is a book that from the very beginning, from the […]