June 20, 2019
Divrei Torah
June 13, 2019
Parshas Naso: Necessary Repetition
This week’s parsha, Parshas Naso, is the longest parsha in the Torah. This is, in a large part, due to perek zayin (Ch.7), which is 89 pasukim (verses) long! The perek begins with: וַיְהִי בְּיוֹם כּ
June 5, 2019
Shavuos: Total Commitment
Shavuos: The Yom Tov of Torah. וַיִּקַּח סֵפֶר הַבְּרִית, וַיִּקְרָא בְּאָזְנֵי הָעָם וַיֹּאמְרוּ, כֹּל אֲשֶׁר-דִּבֶּר ה’ נַעֲשֶׂה וְ
May 30, 2019
Parshas Bechukosai: The Courage to Bake Bread
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Bechukosai, we read of the klalos, curses, that will befall our people; a prophecy that has come to fruition one too many time in our long and bitter history of exile. Due to the severity
May 23, 2019
Parshas Behar: Revering Shabbos, Our Sanctuary in Time
This week’s parsha is Parshas Behar. The Torah teaches us about the mitzvos ha’te’luyos ba’aretz (mitzvos that are only kept in the land of Israel) of Shemittah (translated as the seventh Sabbatical year) and Yov
May 16, 2019
Parshas Emor: Shabbos Keeps Us
In פרק כג (Ch. 23) of this week’s parsha, Parshas Emor, we are commanded regarding Shabbos. The pasukim (verses) then move through the entire Jewish calendar year, beginning in Nissan with Pesach, moving on to the
May 8, 2019
Yom Haatzmaut 5779
Yom Ha’atzmaut (observed) 4 Iyar 5779, corresponding to May 9, 2019: 71 years since the establishment of Medinat Yisrael, our new country in our old land. Towards the end of this week’s parsha, Parhas Kedoshim, the
May 2, 2019
Parshas Achrei Mos – Is Anyone Good Enough?
This week’s parsha, Parshas Achrei Mos, begins with the following pasuk (verse): And Hashem spoke to Moshe, after the deaths of the two sons of Aharon, when they came close to Hashem, and they died (Vayikra 16:1). This
April 16, 2019
Layl ha’Seder: Order for Life
Pesach. Layl ha’Seder. An evening of commemoration, celebration, freedom, family and friends. Sedorim around the world begin, not with Kaddesh/Kiddush, but with the recitation of the order of the Seder itself.
April 11, 2019