Soul of the Holy City
Last week, we described the miraculous capacity of Eretz Yisrael and Yerushalayim to accommodate throngs of Jews beyond normal physical…
Read MoreLast week, we described the miraculous capacity of Eretz Yisrael and Yerushalayim to accommodate throngs of Jews beyond normal physical…
Read MoreThe entire story of Megillat Esther takes place in Shushan, the capital city of the Persian empire, located in modern…
Read MoreThe Kohen Gadol is possibly the most rarefied and sublime figure in the Torah. Bedecked with an extra four articles…
Read MoreThe fifth chapter in Masekhet Avot delineates many examples of groupings of ten throughout history. Hashem created the world with…
Read MoreIn Yaakov’s blessing for his son Binyamin, he makes cryptic references to his youngest son as a “snatching wolf”. The…
Read MoreThe Midrash Rabbah (Noach, 32) recounts a bizarre story about the great Tannaitic sage Rebbe Yonatan, who was a principal…
Read MoreOur parsha opens with a discussion of oaths and vows. To be a bonified vow, the person taking the vow…
Read MoreBringing the sacrifices in the Mishkan and the Beit HaMikdash is referred to as an “avodah” or service of God.…
Read MoreThe Noam Elimelech opens his commentary to our parsha with an astute observation on the first verse of Vayikra. Our…
Read MoreThis week is the first of the four special Torah readings that lead up to Pesach. They are all connected…
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