Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov While other nations celebrate the first day of their new year by drinking and partying, Benei Israel gather together in synagogue on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur to pray to Hashem for a good and sweet year. We call our high holidays “Yamim Noraim,†[…]
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Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh יְצַ֨ו יְהוָ֤ה ×ִתְּךָ֙ ×ֶת־הַבְּרָכָ֔ה בַּ×ֲסָמֶ֕יךָ וּבְכֹ֖ל מִשְ×לַ֣ח יָדֶ֑ךָ וּבֵ֣רַכְךָ֔ בָּ×ָ֕רֶץ ×ֲשֶ×ר־יְהוָ֥ה ×ֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ × Ö¹×ªÖµÖ¥×Ÿ לָֽךְ׃ The LORD will ordain blessings for you upon your barns and upon all your undertakings: He will bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Shasho In this week’s parasha we learn about the mitzvah of sending away the mother bird from the nest. The Torah forbids one to take an ownerless mother bird when it is sitting on its eggs. One must send away the mother bird and only […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Aharon Seleh In this week’s Parsha, the Possuk states, “Righteousness, righteousness shall you pursue.” The Chida explains the redundant term with a Zohar which states that it’s not enough to make yourself righteous, you must try to make others righteous too. If you do so, you […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari רַ֣ק חֲזַ֗ק לְבִלְתִּי֙ ×ֲכֹ֣ל ×”Ö·×“Ö¸Ö¼Ö”× ×›Ö´Ö¼Ö¥×™ ×”Ö·×“Ö¸Ö¼Ö–× ×”Ö£×•Ö¼× ×”Ö·× Ö¸Ö¼Ö‘×¤Ö¶×©× ×•Ö°×œÖ¹×־תֹ×כַ֥ל ×”Ö·× Ö¶Ö¼Ö–×¤Ö¶×©× ×¢Ö´×־הַבָּשָֽׂר׃ But make sure that you do not partake of the blood; for the blood is the life, and you must not consume the life with the flesh. It is taught in the […]