Perspectives On The Parsha – Tzav

Daniel Luria gives over his perspectives on this week’s parsha. kampungbet situs bola link gacor toto togel situs toto slot gacor hari ini slot gacor link gacor slot gacor hari ini link gacor toto slot slot gacor slot gacor slot gacor bandunghoki slot gacor toto slot situs toto toto slot slot gacor

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The Long and Steady Path Back To Jerusalem

The haftorah for Shabbat HaGadol is the last chapter of Malachi.  As Malachi was the final prophet and this was his closing message, the themes of the haftorah are presumably crucial lessons for the long post-prophetic period that descended upon the world with Malachi’s closure.  On a basic level, this is epitomized by the final […]

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Jerusalem Quiz Answers – Parshat Vayikra

Jerusalem Quiz Answers 1- What is the Hebrew year when Jerusalem was liberated and returned to the Jewish people in the 6 Day War? תשכז – 5727 (1967)  2- Give another name for Jerusalem mentioned in the Tanach. ZION, MORIAH, IR ELOKEINU, SHALEM   3- Find the missing word(s)  כי מציון תצא תורה —— מירושלים ודבר […]

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Praying Alone But With The Community

The beginning of the book of Vayikra deals with the laws of sacrifices.  God’s first words to Moshe in this section of the Torah are: “Speak to the Jewish people, and say to them: When a man from [among] you brings (adam ki yakriv mikem) a sacrifice to the Lord.” What is the meaning of […]

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Hope From Jerusalem

We know that in time of crisis that nothing unites all of us like Jerusalem.  It is the place of the improbable, which holds within it the dreams of our future.  Can it be that now with nations collapsing, fear spreading, and economic turmoil all around that Jerusalem can play the central role in our […]

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Unity Through Social Distancing: A Lesson From Jerusalem

Our parsha opens with Moshe gathering all of the Jewish people to teach them about Shabbat and then about the building of the Mishkan. This gathering of “the whole community of the Jewish people” is a necessary introduction to the rest of the parsha. The goal of the Mishkan is to have God’s presence rest […]

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Tasting the Good of Jerusalem

The end of our parsha returns us to the scene of the Jewish people’s preparation for the Giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. It is here that we discover that Moshe reads from the “Book of the Covenant” to the Jewish people and they respond: “All that God speaks we will do and we […]

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The Capital of Human Torah

There are many ambiguities in the Torah’s description of the events leading up to the Giving of the Torah. One such mystery is the meaning of the following verse: “The sound of the shofar grew increasingly stronger; Moses would speak and God would answer him with a voice.” What would Moshe say? In what way […]

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