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Living the Purpose of Our Redemption In Parshat Emor, we read a powerful command: âYou shall not desecrate My holy name, and I shall be sanctified among the Children of Israel.â (Vayikra 22:32)Immediately after, the Torah reminds us: âI am Hashem who took you out of Egypt to be your God.â Rashi explains: The purpose […]
Let me ask you a question: If your friend was exhausted, overwhelmed, and on the verge of breaking⌠what would you say? âTake care of yourself. You need rest. Youâre doing so much. Be kind to yourself.â But when itâs you feeling that way? You push harder. You criticize yourself. You say, âI canât stop […]
Choose Life. Choose Joy. Choose Geula. There is a powerful idea toward the end of Parshat Acharei Mot: âUshmartem et chukotai⌠asher yaaseh otam haâadam vachai bahemâ â âYou shall keep My statutes and My laws, that a person shall do them and live by themâ (Vayikra 18:5). What does it mean to âlive by […]
Parshat Acharei Mot tells us not to live like the nations of the world: âLike the ways of Egypt⌠and of Canaan⌠do not do.â (Vayikra 18:3) Why? Because their society was built on a belief that this world is all there is.If life ends at death, then why hold back?Why not mourn with despair? […]
In this weekâs parsha, we learn something surprising:When Bnei Yisrael enter Eretz Yisrael, Hashem tells them that tzaraâat will appear on the walls of their new houses. It sounds like a punishmentâbut Chazal reveal a deeper story. Rashi, quoting Vayikra Rabbah, explains that when the local nations heard Bnei Yisrael were coming, they hid their […]
The Mouth That Destroys, The Mouth That Rebuilds Not long ago, we all felt it.The silence. The distance. The ache of being apart.During the Covid lockdowns, even Pesach seders were held in empty rooms. Shabbos meals with no guests.Some of us were lucky to have family.But too many were completely alone â no one to […]
Parshat Shemini opens with a powerful phrase:âVayehi bayom hashminiâ â And it was on the eighth day. But before that?Seven days of repetition.Seven days where Moshe built the Mishkan⌠and took it down.Again and again. Day after day. Build. Dismantle. Repeat. Imagine the frustration. The confusion.Why pour your heart into something, only to undo it?Why […]
How can someone so holy, so close to Hashem, be punished so harshly? In this weekâs parsha, we read the shocking story of Nadav and Avihu, the sons of Aharon. Filled with spiritual passion and awe, they bring a korban that Hashem did not commandâand are immediately consumed by a heavenly fire. They had just […]
This weekâs parsha begins with a moment charged with destiny:“Vayehi bayom hashmini”âAnd it was on the eighth day.It was the first of Nisan, but more than thatâit was the eighth day since Moshe began erecting the Mishkan.For seven days, Moshe built it, served as the Kohen Gadol, performed the Avodah, and disassembled it each evening.But […]
We Will Sing Again Shirat HaYam is not just a memory. Itâs a preview. The song we read this ShabbatâAz Yashir Mosheâwas the song of a nation who had just been saved. But if you look closely, itâs written in the future tense: âThen Moshe will sing.â Why? Because that song isnât finished. That clarity, […]
This weekâs parsha, Tzav, opens with a striking image:âAish tamid tukad al haMizbeach, lo tichbehâ â A constant fire shall burn upon the altar; it shall never go out. Even though a miraculous fire came down from Heaven, the Kohanim still had to place wood on it every single morning. Why? Because thatâs our avodah. […]
The Hidden Fire: Seeing the Miraculous in the Mundane In Parshat Tzav, we encounter a striking commandment: âA continual fire shall burn upon the altar; it shall not go out.â (Vayikra 6:6) Day and night, year after year, the fire on the mizbeiach never went out. But thereâs something even more fascinating beneath the surface. […]
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