Feeling Awe In Jerusalem
In our parsha, Moshe highlights the importance of fearing God. In an important summary statement, Moshe delineates some of the…
Read MoreIn our parsha, Moshe highlights the importance of fearing God. In an important summary statement, Moshe delineates some of the…
Read MoreThis week’s haftorah consists of Yeshayahu’s haunting prophecy regarding the corruption and future punishment of the Jewish people. While most…
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 MoreKorach did not believe in the divinely ordained structure of Jewish leadership. In a cynical and populist fashion he claimed:…
Read MoreThe Mishna in Pirkei Avot teaches us about the definition of strength and heroism: Who is strong? One who overpowers…
Read MoreThis week’s parsha describes Moshe as being “the humblest of all people on the face of the earth.” This statement…
Read MoreThe story of the Jewish people takes them from Egypt to Sinai and ultimately to Yerushalayim. The Maharal describes that…
Read MoreOur parsha discusses the yearly cycle of the holidays. The Jewish calendar follows aunique cycle of wave-like spiritual energy. There…
Read MoreThe name “Pesach” originates with the word used by the Torah to describe God’s saving of the firstborns of the…
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