Vayakhel 5771

by | Feb 25, 2011

BS”D Parashat Vayakhel 5771 In the deafening cacophony engulfing the world at this time, what contribution can the shrill voice of this message have for the Jewish mind? Plenty! The world is aghast at the violent bloodshed being carried out by Arabs against...

Ki Tisa 5771

by | Feb 18, 2011

BS”D Parashat Ki Tisa 5771 Part A: To my brothers and sisters in Eretz Yisrael Shemot 32:19 And when he approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moshe’s anger was great and he threw down the tablets and shattered them near the mount. The Gemara...

Tetzaveh 5771

by | Feb 10, 2011

BS”D Parashat Tetzaveh 5771 Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers, chapter 2): “And if you will be conscious of three things you will not sin. Know what is right above you: An eye that always sees you, an ear that always hears you and that all your actions...

Teruma 5771

by | Feb 4, 2011

BS”D Parashar Teruma 5771 To my brothers and sisters in Eretz Yisrael Shemot 25:8 And they shall make for me a sanctuary and I shall dwell within them “It does not say ‘and I shall dwell in it’ (the sanctuary) but rather “and I shall dwell within...

Mishpatim 5771

by | Jan 27, 2011

BS”D Parashat Mishpatim 5771 Quote from the UN News Center 27 January 2011 – The United Nations today honoured the memory of the estimated six million Jews and countless others who perished in the Nazi death camps of the Second World War with ceremonies around...