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Parashat Tzav

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Cohen This is the law of the sin-offering; in the place where the Olah (Elevation/Burnt-Offering) is slaughtered, shall the sin-offering be slaughtered. (6:17) The Torah details the various laws applicable to the korbanot, ritual offerings. One intriguing halachah that demands elucidation is that of the […]

Purim

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov The Shabbat before Purim is called Shabbat Zachor because we read about the nation of Amalek who attacked Beni Israel when they came out of Egypt. The reason that we read it on this particular Shabbat is because Haman, who wanted to destroy Beni […]

Parashat Pekudei

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Avraham Moeinzadeh We learned in last week’s parasha that Moshe Rabenu a”h made the kior (washing basin) of the Mishkan from the copper mirrors that the ladies had dedicated. This week’s parasha discusses the requirement for the Kohanim to wash their hands and feet from the […]

Parashat Vayakhel

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh And Moshe gathered the community…  וַיַּקְהֵ֣ל מֹשֶׁ֗ה אֶֽת־כָּל־עֲדַ֛ת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Rashi notes that this gathering happened the day after Yom Kippur. In Parashat Yitro, Rashi comments that on the day after Yom Kippur, Moshe sat to judge the community. Kli Yakar explains that the […]

Parashat Ki Tisa

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Shasho וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה כְּתָב־לְךָ֖ אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה ×›Ö´Ö¼Öž×™ עַל־פִּ֣י ×€ הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה כָּרַ֧תִּי אִתְּךָ֛ בְּרִ֖ית וְאֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ And Hashem said to Moshe, “Write down these commandments, for in accordance with these commandments I make a covenant with you and with Israel.” The Ben Ish Chai explains […]