Sinai and Jerusalem: A Journey of Jewish Faith
The story of the Jewish people takes them from Egypt to Sinai and ultimately to Yerushalayim. The Maharal describes that…
Read MoreThe story of the Jewish people takes them from Egypt to Sinai and ultimately to Yerushalayim. The Maharal describes that…
Read MoreOur parsha contains a surprising focus on flags. Instead of simply describing where each tribe camped in relation to the…
Read MoreOur parsha discusses the laws of business: “And when you make a sale to your fellow Jew or make a…
Read MoreOur parsha discusses the yearly cycle of the holidays. The Jewish calendar follows aunique cycle of wave-like spiritual energy. There…
Read MoreOur parsha contains several commandments regarding proper interpersonal conduct and relationships. Notably, there is a prohibition against hating a fellow…
Read MoreThe midrash in this week’s parsha notes that the laws of human purity are only described in the Torah after…
Read MoreIn our parsha Moshe speaks to Aharon twice about the special sacrifices of the day the Mishkan was to be…
Read MoreThe name “Pesach” originates with the word used by the Torah to describe God’s saving of the firstborns of the…
Read MoreOn Shabbat HaGadol there is a custom to read the chapter of Malachi as the haftorah instead of the standard…
Read MoreThe Noam Elimelech opens his commentary to our parsha with an astute observation on the first verse of Vayikra. Our…
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