Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov Every morning we bless Hashem for giving us the Torah. Torah is the source of all blessings. In fact, the Torah was created before the Almighty created the world to demonstrate that life without Torah is empty and void of any blessings. Shavuot is […]
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Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Cohen If you will follow My decrees and observe My Commandments and perform them. (26:3) At first glance, the pasuk appears repetitious: follow My decrees; observe My commandments; perform them. Every word – indeed, every letter – has profound significance. How are we to understand […]
Parasha Thoughts Do not take from him interest and increase, and you shall fear your God; and let your brother live with you. (Vayikra 25:26) Why are we forbidden to charge interest? After all, the very same money could have been invested or put into a bank account; lending it […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh עַ֣ד מִֽמָּחֳרַ֤ת הַשַּ×-בָּת֙ הַשְּ×בִיעִ֔ת תִּסְפְּר֖וּ חֲמִשִּ×Ö£×™× ×™Ö‘×•Ö¹× ×•Ö°×”Ö´×§Ö°×¨Ö·×‘Ö°×ªÖ¶Ö¼Ö›× ×žÖ´× Ö°×—Ö¸Ö¥×” חֲדָשָ×Ö–×” לַה׃ You must count until the day after the seventh week—fifty days; then you shall bring an offering of new grain to the LORD. ( Vayikra 23:16) We are merely a couple of weeks […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom, in Parashat Kedoshim we find a small parasha filled with many mitzvot. Among the commandments we have: ×ֶת־שַ×בְּתֹתַ֣י תִּשְ×מֹ֔רוּ וּמִקְדָּשִ×Ö–×™ תִּירָ֑×וּ ×Ö²× Ö´Ö–×™ ה’׃ You shall keep My Shabbats and venerate My sanctuary: I am HaShem.( Vayikra 19,30) This is the mitzva of fearing […]