May 30, 2018
Divrei Torah
May 17, 2018
Bamidbar – Shavuos: Who Counts?
Parshas Bamidbar, erev Shavuos, Zman Matan Tora’sainu - the time of the giving of the Torah. Our preparation for Matan Torah includes a forty-nine day count, which began on the second day of Pesach, and ends the night
May 10, 2018
Parshas Behar & Yom Yerushalayim: A Unique Land
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Behar, the Torah commands us regarding the Shemitta year, the seventh Sabbatical year wherein the land of Israel lies fallow, its bounty permitted to man and animal alike. At the culminat
May 3, 2018
Parshas Emor: Rebuilding with Love
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Emor, the Torah delineates our Mo’adim - appointed festivals (Vayikra, Chapter 23). Beginning with a general introduction to the Jewish calendar year, the pasuk (verse) says: דַּבÖ
April 26, 2018
Parshas Kedoshim: Holy People, Holy Speech
In Parshas Kedoshim, the second of this week’s double parshios (Achrei Mos-Kedoshim), we are commanded to be a holy people, for G-d is Holy (Vayikra 19:2). As is well known, many of the commands and directives in the
April 17, 2018
Parshas Tazria/Yom Ha’Zikaron 5778
Parshas Tazria, the first of this week’s double-parshios (Tazria-Metzora in Chutz la’Aretz) focuses mainly on the identification and diagnosis of the spiritual malady of tzara’as: a spiritual illness with a physical
April 12, 2018
Parshas Shemini: Proudly Humble and Humbly Proud
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Shemini, Aharon and his sons are officially and formally inducted into the Kehunah, as their priestly roles are assigned to them. The parsha opens on the celebratory Eighth Day of the ina
March 27, 2018
Chag Ha’Pesach – From Ancient Foe to Final Freedom
Chag Ha’Pesach is here once again. Zman Cheiroseinu - the time of our freedom; Chag Ha’Matzos - the festival when we eat matzah; Chag Ha’Aviv - the holiday that must always be celebrated in the spring season. Th
March 22, 2018
Korban Pesach: The Emergence of Community
In lieu of a Parsha Post, this week’s post is a Pesach Dvar Torah. As we prepare to sit down to our Seder table, and relate the story of our enslavement and miraculous redemption, the Sages teach that: כל המרבה
March 15, 2018