Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Michael Segankohanim This week once again we read the infamous story of Korach. In the annals of Jewish history Korach goes down as an egomaniac whose ego brought havoc and chaos to a nation and tragedy and death for hundreds of people. Yet our Rabbis teach […]
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Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Yosef Khakshoor In this week’s Parasha, Parashat Shlach, Moshe sends a group of men from among B’nai Yisrael to spy out the land. The men return from their mission and report back to Moshe and the rest of the Jews saying, “All the people that we […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Chaim Saidian When you kindle the lamps, toward the face of the Menorah shall the seven lamps cast light (Bamidbar 8:2) Here the Torah commands Aaron to light the lamps of the Menorah toward the central branch of the Menorah. It is puzzling that this command […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Cohen “…Any man whose wife goes astray…†(5:12) From the juxtaposition of the section discussing the Priestly gifts to the laws of the Sotah, a woman suspected of infidelity, the Talmud derives the following: The consequence of a person refusing to give the Kohein his […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov Shavuot is the celebration of receiving the Torah and becoming a Jewish nation. The Torah states that Bnei Israel stood under Mount Sinai to receive Torah. The Gemara asks a question: Why does it say under the mountain? The Gemara explains that the Almighty […]