Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Aviad Boukris We find a connection between these days of Sefira, when we mourn the petira of Rabbi Akiva’s twenty four thousand students, and this week’s Parasha which starts off with the petirah of Nadav and Avihu on the day of Chanukat Hamishkan. We know that […]
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Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Shasho This week’s Parasha,Tazria-Metzora, talks about a man with tsara’at, an affliction that resulted when Lashon Hara was spoken. The Torah tells us that he is sent out of the camp and placed in solitary confinement. He can’t touch anyone, talk to anyone, and amongst […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh ×ַל־תְּש×ַקְּצוּ֙ ×Ö¶×ªÖ¾× Ö·×¤Ö°×©×Ö¹Ö£×ªÖµ×™×›Ö¶Ö”× ×‘Ö¼Ö°×›Ö¸×œÖ¾×”Ö·×©×ֶּ֖רֶץ הַש×ֹּרֵ֑ץ ×•Ö°×œÖ¹Ö¤× ×ªÖ´Ö½×˜Ö¼Ö·×žÖ¼Ö°×וּ֙ ×‘Ö¼Ö¸×”Ö¶Ö”× ×•Ö°× Ö´×˜Ö°×žÖµ×ªÖ¶Ö–× ×‘Ö¼Ö¸Ö½×׃ You shall not draw abomination upon yourselves through anything that swarms; you shall not make yourselves unclean therewith and thus become unclean.(Leviticus 11:43) ×ª× × ×“×‘×™ רבי ישמע×ל עבירה מטמטמת לבו של ××“× ×©× ×מר (×•×™×§×¨× ×™×, […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Moadim Lesimha and Hag Sameyah! We are at the end of Pessach and as we know we celebrate the crossing of our nation through the Sea of Reeds which happened on the seventh day of Pessach. The parasha that we read is בשלח. We […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov The holiday of Pesach has two names. One name is Chag Ha’Pesach, meaning the festival of passing over; the other is Chag Ha’Matzot, meaning the festival of matzah. Chag Ha’Pesach represents the Almighty’s love for Beni Israel. When Hashem was punishing the firstborn sons […]