This week’s parsha is Parshas Achrei Mos. The parsha begins with a detailed description of the Yom Kippur Avodah (Vayikra 16), and ends with a long list of prohibitions in the realm of arayos - forbidden relationships, and the holiness of Eretz Yisrael (Vayikra 18). The...
Shalom u’vracha to all, As we prepare for Chag Ha’Matzos, here are links to some recent shiurim to help with your spiritual yomtov prep :) Enjoy, feel free to share, and best wishes to all for a chag kasher v’samayach for our nation and our Land, Warmly, Michal She is...
Chag Ha’Pesach 5784. Chag Ha’Matzos. Chag Ha’Aviv. Zman Cheiroseinu. Passover, the Festival of Matzos, the Holiday of the Spring, the Time of our Freedom. And it is this that has stood for our forefathers and us, for not one alone rises up to destroy us, but...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Tazria, we are introduced to the Biblical illness known as Tzara’as. This condition has no translation into English (it is not leprosy) for it was not a physical illness, such as a bacteria or virus, as we know illnesses today. ...
This Shabbos, Shabbos Parshas Shemini, is also Shabbos mevorchim Chodesh Nissan, the first month of the year (Shemos 12:2 with Rashi). Nissan is the month of geulas Mitzrayim, the month of the miraculous redemption from Egypt, which we commemorate, relive and reenact each year on...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Tzav, the Torah continues to instruct us regarding the role of the kohanim in the Mishkan, as well as the avodas korbanos (sacrificial rites and services) that they perform. There are further halachos delineated regarding korbanos (such as pigul -...
The Shabbos before Purim is known as Shabbos Parshas Zachor, and before we celebrate the miraculous redemption and salvation of Purim, we remember Haman m’zerah Amalek, and what he planned to do to Am Yisrael. To fulfill the mitzvah d’Oraisa of Zachor, we will all...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Pekudei, an accounting is given of all the materials collected for the Mishkan. Hashem commands Moshe regarding the ha’kamas ha”Mishkan, which is to take place on Rosh Chodesh Nissan, in the second year from the Exodus from Egypt. The Torah...
This Shabbos, Parshas Vayakhel, Mevorchim Chodesh Adar, we will lein from a second sefer Torah in honor of Parshas Shekalim. This special Torah reading (Shemos 30:11-16) is the first of four special Shabbasos that lead up to Chag Ha’Pesach. Before Purim, we read Shekalim and...
This week’s parsha, Parshas Ki Tisa, opens with further instructions and details regarding the building of the Mishkan. We learn of the machatzis ha’shekel (which is also read before Purim, for Parshas Shekalim), the spices for the anointing oil, the eleven spice mixture of the...