Parasha Blog

433 posts

RSZ

Yom Kippur

By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari: Shana Tova to all. At the end of our parasha HaShem shows Moshe Rabenu a very bleak picture of what we know as הסתר אסתיר, meaning a time when we have moved away from being connected to HaShem very much and he, in turn, so to […]

RYS

Rosh Hashana Thoughts

By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov: ​​Rosh Hashanah is the Day of Judgment. Anything that happened this past year with our health, parnasa, job, and the pandemic was written on Rosh Hashanah and sealed on Yom Kippur. And anything which will happen next year will be written and signed on these High […]

RDC

Parashat Ki Tavo

By Rabbi David Cohen: And you shall only be above, and you shall not be below. (28:13) Simply, this means that we will be on “top,” revered, looked up to, sought after. Horav Ezriel Hildeseimer, z”l, explains that this blessing emphasizes the Jew’s gravitational pull toward spirituality and holiness. We […]

RYS

Parashat Ki Tetzei

By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov: As we know in Sefer Devarim, Moshe Rabeinu reviews all the mitzvot that Benei Israel were taught during their 40-year journey in the desert. This week’s portion consists of many positive and negative commandments. One of the positive mitzvot mentioned is to pay a worker his […]

RSZ

Parashat Shoftim

By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom, At the end of our parasha we have the halacha regarding a corpse which was found outside the city limits and the murderer is unknown. The Torah commands the Bet Din to bring a calf and offer it in a special manner for atonement. There’s […]