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Parashat Behaalotcha

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh זָכַ֙רְנוּ֙ אֶת־הַדָּגָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־נֹאכַ֥ל בְּמִצְרַ֖יִם חִנָּ֑ם אֵ֣ת הַקִּשֻּׁאִ֗ים וְאֵת֙ הָֽאֲבַטִּחִ֔ים וְאֶת־הֶחָצִ֥יר וְאֶת־הַבְּצָלִ֖ים וְאֶת־הַשּׁוּמִֽים׃ We remember the fish that we used to eat free in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic. Bamidbar 11,5 Let’s remember the above verse is said […]

Parashat Naso

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom… Imagine a mighty and powerful king notices a young man, beaten and dirty, poor and sickly, lying in the gutter. The young man caught the attention of the king and he commanded the young man be brought to the palace, washed and attended […]

Shavuot

By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov Shavuot is the time when Beni Israel received the Torah orally and became obligated to keep God’s commandments. The Midrash tells us that the Almighty offered the Torah to other nations first. All the other nations asked what was written in the Torah and what laws […]

Parashat Behar, Bechukotai

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Cohen If you will say: “What will we eat in the seventh year?” I will ordain my blessing. (25:19, 20, 21) Sforno distinguishes between the baal bitachon, one who trusts in Hashem, who does not question, “What will we eat in the seventh year?” and […]

Parashat Emor

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Avraham Moeinzadeh The very last paragraph of this week’s Parasha speaks about four different types of crimes and their punishments. The violations are as follows: 1) A Blasphemer (someone who curses the name of Almighty) should be stoned. 2) A Murderer should be killed 3) Someone […]