Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov In this week’s Torah portion, the king of Moav hires wicked Bilham – who was supposed to be a prophet to the nations- to curse Beni Israel. He knew that he could not overpower the Jews by military force because the power of the […]
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Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Yitzchak Ariel “This is the Torah (the law): if a man dies in a tent, anyone entering the tent and anything in the tent shall be impure for seven days.” (Bamidbar ch 19 verse 14) Although the word Torah in this verse means law, the question […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Avraham Moeinzadeh Every year, fruit trees start the process of bearing fruit by sprouting buds, blossoming, and eventually developing their fruits. By most fruit trees, the fruit season and blossoming season are apart and by the time the tree ripens its fruits, the blossoms are no […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Michael Segankohanim In this week’s portion we read the infamous story of the spies; a tragedy that had great and far reaching effects on the history of the Jewish nation. While we are all familiar with the general story, a careful analysis of the verses and […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh וַתִּסָּגֵ֥ר ×žÖ´×¨Ö°×™Ö¸Ö›× ×žÖ´×—Ö¥×•Ö¼×¥ ×œÖ·Ö½×žÖ¼Ö·×—Ö²× Ö¶Ö–×” ש×ִבְעַ֣ת ×™Ö¸×žÖ´Ö‘×™× ×•Ö°×”Ö¸×¢Ö¸×Ö™ ×œÖ¹Ö£× × Ö¸×¡Ö·Ö”×¢ עַד־הֵ×ָסֵ֖ף מִרְיָֽ×׃ So Miriam was shut out of camp seven days; and the people did not march on until Miriam was readmitted. ×•×”×¢× ×œ× × ×¡×¢. זֶה הַכָּבï‹×“ חָלַק לָהּ הַמָּקï‹× בִּשְׁבִיל שָׁעָה ×ַחַת שֶׁï€Ö´×ªÖ°×¢Ö·ï¬»Ö°×‘ָה לְמֹשֶׁה […]