By Rabbi Aharon Seleh: The Chinuch explains that the days of Sefira are preparations for Shavuot, accepting the Torah. Harav Aharon Kotler zt”l asks if that’s the case, why do we start counting specifically from the Omer? What connection is there between bringing the Omer offering and accepting the Torah? […]
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By Rabbi David Cohen: יהי ביום השמיני קרא משה לאהרון ולבניו ולזקני ישראל It was on the eighth day, Moshe summoned Aharon and his sons, and the elders of Yisrael. (9:1) The command to bring the offerings was for Aharon HaKohen alone. Why were the Zekeinim, Elders, included in the […]
By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom; We are starting the book of Vayikra, one law stands out in the Parasha (2, 11&12) כי כל שאור וכל דבש לא תקטירו ממנו לה׳ . קרבן ראשית תקריבו אתם לה׳. Don’t bring any leavened or honey as a burnt offering to HaShem. As a […]
By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari: Shalom ; Everyone is familiar with the pasuk in this week’s Parasha: ויאהב יצחק את עשו כי ציד בפיו Meaning that Yitzchak wanted to bring Eisav closer through love, so he will come back to HaShem, and that’s why he behaved in a manner of friendship […]
By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov: This week’s Torah portion, Chaye Sara, talks about the marriage of Yitzhak and Rifka. Avraham sends his servant Eliezer to his birth city to find a wife for his son Yitzhak because Yitzhak was brought on an Alter as a sacrifice and was not allowed to […]