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27 Apr Parshas Achrei Mos: To Live By Them

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This week we read the double sedra of Achrei Mos-Kedoshim.  Included are the mitzvos and halachos regarding the avodah of the Kohen Gadol on Yom Kippur, forbidden physical relationships, the sanctity of Eretz Yisrael, and the myriad of mitzvos bein adam la’chavairo (mitzvos that govern...

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20 Apr Parshas Tazria: Lessons of a Sin Offering

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This week we read the double sedra of Tazria-Metzora.  The sedra begins in Tazria with the eight pasukim dedicated to the tumas ha’yoledes (spiritual impurity of a woman post childbirth).  Following this is a lengthy, detailed and intricate exploration of the spiritual malady of tzara’as,...

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30 Mar Pesach 5783: Insights Into Yachatz (Breaking the Middle Matzah)

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Chag ha’Pesach 5783 is upon us.  Zman cheiroseinu, the time of our freedom; Chag ha’Aviv - the festival of Spring; and Chag ha’Matzos - the festival of matzah.  On leil ha’Seder, we sit around the table with family and guests, simultaneously reliving the slavery and...

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23 Mar Parshas Vayikra: Giving & Taking

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This week’s sedra, Vayikra, opens up the third book of Torah.  With the opening of Sefer Vayikra, we enter a world of mitzvos far removed from our lives today.  Korbanos (animal sacrifices), avodas ha’Mishkan (the service of the Kohanim in the Tabernacle), tumah and ta’harah...

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16 Mar Vaykhel-Pekudei: Stones of Remembrance

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In this week’s double parshios, Vaykhel-Pekudei, the Mishkan is built under the direction of the master craftsmen, Betzalel ben Uri ben Chur from the tribe of Yehuda, and Ohaliav ben Achisamach from the tribe of Dan. After all the plans, instructions and blueprints have been laid...

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09 Mar Ki Sisa: Between the First and Second Luchos

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In this week’s parsha, Parshas Ki Sisa, the Bnei Yisrael commit the egregious sin of the Eigel Ha’zahav, the sin of the Golden Calf.  With Moshe absent for forty days and forty nights post Revelation at Sinai, the people panic as they miscalculate the moment of...

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02 Mar Zechiras Amalek: An Ancient Enemy, A Modern Foe

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This Shabbos we will read Parshas Tetzaveh.  The sedra speaks of the bigdei kehunah (the priestly vestments), further details regarding the Mishkan, as well as the mizbayach ha’zahav (golden altar). A second sefer Torah will also be taken out from the aron kodesh, and from this...

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23 Feb Parshas Terumah: From Mishkan to Beis Knesses

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In this week’s parsha, Parshas Terumah, we are introduced to the Mishkan, the (portable) Sanctuary that the nation built in the desert.  The keilim (vessels) of the Mishkan included the copper laver for the kohanim’s washing of hands and feet before service, the copper altar...

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16 Feb Parshas Mishpatim: Mi ki’Amcha Yisrael

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In this week’s sedra, Mishpatim, we are introduced to many, many mitzvos that govern the daily life of a Jew and Jewish society.  In the aftermath of Matan Torah, and the great Revelation at Sinai, the Torah now teaches us how to live in the...

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09 Feb Parshas Yisro: Know Thine Place

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In this week’s parsha, Parshas Yisro, Yisro, the priest of Midyan and father-in-law of Moshe Rabbeinu arrives at the Israelite encampment in the desert.  After hearing about all the great miracles that Hashem did for Moshe and the Bnei Yisrael, Yisro is moved to come...

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