Kedoshim 5771

by | Apr 29, 2011

BS”D Parashat Kedoshim 5771 Vayikrah 19:5-8 When you sacrifice a shelamim offering to the LORD, it should be done in a way that it will be accepted on your behalf: It shall be eaten on the day you sacrifice it or on the next day (and in the intervening night);...

Acharai – Shabbat HaGadol 5771

by | Apr 15, 2011

BS”D Parashat Acharai and Shabbat Hagadol 5771 Every year at the seder, while advancing from stage to stage in our conscious reenactment of our ancestor’s unspeakable slavery experience and subsequent miraculous delivery, I am filled anew with amazement over how...

Metzorah 5771

by | Apr 8, 2011

BS”D Tazriah and Metzorah 5771 To my brothers and sisters in Eretz Yisrael. The holy Torah records many blessings of HaShem for His chosen people, such as: Beraishiet 13:16 I will increase your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count...

Tazria 5771

by | Apr 1, 2011

BS”D Parashat Tazria and Shabbat ha’chodesh 5771 In HaShem’s detailed instructions to Moshe in all the aspects of the Torah, there were several technical matters Moshe could not grasp, requiring HaShem to create a visual impression for Moshe to see. Rabbinical...

Shemini and Parah 5771

by | Mar 25, 2011

BS”D Parashat Shemini and Parashat Parah 5771 After 3500 years of serving as HaShem’s chosen people with a history unlike any other nation – neither in suffering nor in accomplishments – the time has come for us to ask if the Jewish nation is a...

Tsav – Shabbat Zachor 5771

by | Mar 18, 2011

BS”D Parashat Tzav – Shabbat Zachor (et asher asa lecha Amalek) 5771 The major issue confronting the global village today is the potentially catastrophic situation in Japan. The fourth most devastating earthquake in recorded history, a tsunami 10 meters...