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Parashat Kedoshim

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom, in Parashat Kedoshim we find a small parasha filled with many mitzvot. Among the commandments we have: אֶת־שַׁבְּתֹתַ֣י תִּשְׁמֹ֔רוּ וּמִקְדָּשִׁ֖י תִּירָ֑אוּ אֲנִ֖י ה’׃ You shall keep My Shabbats and venerate My sanctuary: I am HaShem.( Vayikra 19,30) This is the mitzva of fearing […]

Parashat Acharei Mot

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Cohen After the death of Aharon’s two sons. (16:1) The Midrash states four reasons for the tragic deaths of Nadav and Avihu. Among these is the idea that, “They did not take counsel one from another.” “Each man his firepan” (Vayikra 10:1) teaches us that […]

Shevii and Shemini Shel Pesach

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Shasho The seventh day of Passover marks the day when many miracles were performed for our forefathers at the Red Sea. Rabbi Avigdor Miller says that we are in this world only to become more and more aware of Hashem. And so Hakodosh Boruch Hu […]

Pesach

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov Passover! Jews call it Hag Ha’Pesach, but in the Torah G-d calls it Hag Ha’Matza. Why does Passover have two names? The Chag has two names because in a relationship we should emphasize the positive qualities of the other. Jews call it Hag Ha’Pesach […]

Parashat Metzora

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Avraham Moeinzadeh “This shall be the law of the Metzora on the day of his purification: he shall be brought to the Kohen. The Kohen shall go forth to the outside of the camp…” Last week in Parashat Tazria we learned the symptoms of a metzora […]