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Parshat Behar – The Laws of Shmittah and Yovel

When Moshe descended from Har Sinai with the Luchot he had to interrupt the teaching of the Torah he received, because of the Israel’s...

Parshat Emor – The Power of Speech

This morning we were discussing this week’s portion of Emor which begins with the word Emor - speak to the kohanim and say...

Parshas Emor – Become The True You

In the opening verse of our parsha, G-d instructs Moshe, "Say to the Kohanim..." (Leviticus, 21:1), and puzzlingly, in that very same verse,...

Parshat Kedoshim – Emulating God

This week’s portion begins with the command “Kedoshim Tihiyu - You shall be holy for holy am I, Hashem your G-d.” The obvious...

Parshat Aharei Mot – Coming Together After Tragedy

This week, those of us in the diaspora will be reading the portion of Aharei Mot while our brothers in Israel will be...

Pesach Thoughts – It didn’t work ! Or did it?

During one of our classes in the weeks prior to Pesach, we were discussing the shiur or the amount of matzah one is...

BeChol Dor VaDor – In Every Generation

A couple of weeks ago I put onto paper an imaginary trip down memory lane to Passover in 1925, to the table of...

Parshas Metzora: Reflections on a Road Not Taken

Most of us have experienced a phase earlier in our lives, perhaps in high school, during which we dreamed of some specific career....

Parshat Tazria – When a Woman Conceives and Gives Birth

This week’s portion begins: “When a woman conceives and gives birth”. A friend came to visit the office this week, he noticed the...

Parshat Shemini: Response to Tragedy

As we sat down at our class this morning and I opened the Chumash to the beginning of this week's portion, I was...

Parsha of the Week- A Book of Thanks

Last week, we began the book of Vayikra which we call Torat Kohanim as Vayikra or Leviticus details the sacrifices brought in the...

Vayikra – An Aleph, Small in Stature But with Huge Meaning and Presence!

This week’s portion begins with the words Vayikra El Moshe, “And He called to Moses”. We completed the book of Shemot last week...

Parshat Pikudei – An Accounting – Mickey Kairey Z’SL

This past Friday afternoon, hundreds of women in the community lit an extra candle for Shabbat. In almost all the community synagogues, there...

Parshat Vayakhel – Supporting a Communal Voice

After returning from Sinai with the second set of tablets, Moses makes an appeal to collect funds and materials for the building of...

Parshat Ki Tisa: Self Sacrifice: Moses and Noah in Contrast

Some of you commented on last week’s article asking why I left out the most well-known reason given for the absence of Moses’...

Parshas Ki Sisa – The Merit of Others

“And HASHEM spoke to Moshe saying, “Go down, for your nation that you have brought up from Egypt, has sinned”. Shemos 32:7 Moshe...

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