By: Rabbi Avraham Levychaim We are now beginning the Three Weeks, which are called Ben Hametzarim. Why are they so called? The source of this name is a Passuk in Eicha: “Kol Rodfeha Hisiguha Ben Hametzarim”. The simple meaning of the Passuk is that whoever chases after her (Kehal Yisrael) […]
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By R. Yitzhak Ariel Parshat Balak, the Torah portion for this week, has something very interesting about it that makes it different than nearly every other Torah portion. Balak, the king of Moab, sees that the Jewish people cannot be defeated by the sword and therefore hires Bilaam to curse […]
By: Rabbi Yosef Shemtov In this week’s Parasha Aharon passes away, and Moshe Rabenu buries him. After that the Torah states that the king of Canaan heard the news and then attacked Benei Israel. Our Rabbis tell us that all the nation were surrounded by clouds to protect them for […]
By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari. Shalom, this weeks Parasha is Korah`. We know he was Moshe’s first cousin and very wise and wealthy. He stood up against Moshe and Aharon and said :”why do you exalt yourselves over the congregation of Hashem?”(Bamidbar16:3). Basically saying that Moshe made himself the king over […]
By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom, in this weeks parasha we learn about the event of ” The Spies ” which were sent to Eres Yisrael to check it out and see how the inhabitants and living conditions are . When they returned, they gave a negative view of the Holy […]