Blog Tazria- Metzora 5778 6 Iyar 5778 בלוג תַזְרִיעַ – מְּצֹרָע, ו’ אייר תשע”ח These double parashot speak of being tahor – טָהוֹר and tamei – טָמֵא ¬which are poorly translated as pure and impure or clean and unclean. We also read of the disease, tzara’at – צָּרַעַת which affected people, clothing and even the […]
Posts in category Blog
Who are you trying to impress?
Listen and Subscribe to Rabbi’s weekly message on Youtube: Blog Shemini 29 Nissan 5778 בלוג שְּׁמִינִי, כ”ט ניסן תשע”ח Parashat Shemini is a very difficult portion and its stories have been used by various religions to promote their own doctrines. It is always important to remember these stories in order to understand the lessons we […]
Message for the 8th Day of Pesach
Nisan 22 5778, בלוג אחרון של פֶּסַח, כ”ב ניסן תשע”ח Pesach, one of God’s Appointed Times (Moedim) is actually two holidays in one; the first on the 15th of Nisan when we eat the Paschal lamb and Chag Matzah, where we do not eat any leaven for seven days, although our sages added this extra […]
Message for the first day of Pesach 5...
15 Nisan 5778 הודעה ביום הראשון של פסח ט”ו ניסן תשע”ח Chag Pesach Sameach, Happy Pesach. The original Pesach was a one-time event; it was never meant to be repeated. However, we celebrate it every year as a memorial of that special historic night, the night we were set free from Egypt. It was such […]
The Torah: Responsibility Not Legalis...
Blog Tzav, Shabbat HaGadol, 8 Nisan 5778 בךוג צַו, שבת הגדול, ח’ ניסן, תשע”ח Shabbat Hagadol – The Great Shabbat is the Shabbat before Pesach. Yes, it is the time we clean our houses from chametz (yeast) but the most important thing is to remove the chametz from within ourselves, from our heart, and that […]
Where are your idols, your substitute...
Blog Vayikra 1st Nisan 5778 בלוג וַיִּקְרָא, א’ ניסן תשג”ח After everything that the Israelites had experienced over the last 200 years in Egypt, they would now have to go through a change of mentality which had become polluted as they were drawn away from the invisible God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to the […]
What is the best way to deal with reb...
Blog Vayakhel-Pikudei 23 Adar 5778 בלוג וַיַּקְהֵל – פְקוּדֵי, כ”ג אדר תשע”ח With these last two parashot or portions from Shemot, HaSefer, the second book of Torah, I would like to bring some thoughts. The Torah speaks to us in the Hebrew language of pictures each of which is worth a thousand words. Instead of […]
We are each Responsible for our Own A...
Blog Ki Tissa 16 Adar 5778 בלוג כִּי תִשָּׂא, ט”ז אדר תשע”ח In Parashah Ki Tissa, we come to a pivotal moment in the history of the people of Israel. They had just heard the Ten Words from the Creator and now Moshe would ascend Mount Sinai where he would receive them inscribed by the […]
The Mishkan was to “Focus on Hi...
Blog Tetzaveh 9 Adar 5778 בלוג תְּצַוֶּה, ט’ אדר תשע”ח In Ex 19:6, Israel was called to be a holy nation and a kingdom of Priests (Cohanim). After the sin of the golden calf, the office of the Cohanim would be removed from the people and limited to Aaron, his four sons and their descendants, […]
Where is your Aron, your “Ark c...
Blog Terumah 2 Adar 5778 בלוגת תְּרוּמָה, ב’ אדר תשע”ח This portion, Terumah speaks of the building of the miqdash, the tent of meeting in the desert. Last week you heard about the expression from our sages “Ein muqdan u’meuchar b’Torah”- אין מוקדם ומאוחר בתורה – there is no before or after in the Torah. […]