by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Jun 16, 2011
BS”D Parashat Shelach 5771 A fundamental principle in Halachic observance, perhaps the most fundamental, is that after the written and oral forms of the Torah were presented to the Jewish people at Mount Sinai, all further halachic decisions will no longer be in...
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Jun 10, 2011
BS”D Parashat Be’Ha’alotcha The reading of parashat Be’ha’alotcha this Shabbat, three days after the holiday of Shevuot, is not a common occurrence, but when they do appear in close proximity it has more than symbolic importance. Shevuot is the day when HaShem...
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Jun 2, 2011
BS”D Parashat Naso, the Kohanic Blessing, Yom Yerushalayim and Chag Hashvuot 5771 Part A: The following is an excerpt which deals with the Kohanic blessing, taken from my book “With All Your Might”: Kohanim recite their daily blessing over 450 times...
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | May 25, 2011
BS”D Parashat Bamidbar 5771 TWO DAYS IN THE MONTH OF IYAR Part A: Monday, the 19th of Iyar 5771 It is 2:00 PM and I am sitting in my study, peering out of the window onto the main square in the south-eastern part of the Old City of Yerushalayim, pondering the...
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | May 20, 2011
BS”D Parashat Bechukotei 5771 It was in 1967, two days after reading parashat Bechukotei that the Six Day War erupted. Two days after that, on Wednesday, HaShem restored the holy city of Yerushalayim to its rightful owners – the Jewish people. Two days...
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | May 13, 2011
BS”D Parashat Behar 5771 Part A: At 11 A.M. today, Memorial Day for the 22,867 fallen Israeli soldiers in the wars that were forced upon us, sirens from across the land will begin their eerie, wailing signal for a two-minute suspension of all activity. Wherever...