Chag ha’Shavuos 5784. Chag Ha’Shavuos (Devarim 16:10) is also known as Chag ha’Bikkurim (Shemos 34:22, Vayikra 23:17 - the festival of the offering of the first of the wheat harvest in the form of the Shtei Ha’Lechem, Two Loaves of Wheat Bread offered on Shavuos)...
With this week’s parsha, Parsha Bechukosai, we close the book of Vayikra once again. Bechukosai is a short parsha which deals with two main topics: the klalos (curses) that will befall Israel in exile (Vayikra 26), and arachin (valuations), when one dedicates the value of...
This week’s parsha, Parshas Behar, teaches us about the mitzvos ha’te’luyos ba’Aretz (the land dependent mitzvos) of Shemitta and Yovel - the seventh Sabbatical year and the fiftieth Jubilee year. During these years, which are only applicable in the Land of Israel, all land lays...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Emor, the Torah (Vayikra 23) takes us on a journey through the Jewish calendar year. Beginning with Shabbos (Vayikra 23:3) and Rosh Chodesh (23:4 with Rashi), moving through the Korban Pesach on 14 Nissan, Chag Ha’Pesach on 15 Nissan, Korban...
In Parshas Kedoshim the Torah commands us regarding many mitzvos bein adam la’chavairo, mitzvos that govern interaction between man and fellow man. A person must revere his parents, pay a worker his wages on time, leave a corner of the field for the poor person,...
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...