By Rabbi David Cohen ודתן ואבירם יצאו נצבים פתח אהליהם Rashi explains that these two reshaim, who acted as Moshe Rabbeinu’s nemeses, going back to Egypt, were here again to do what they were good at: harassing and undermining our nation’s leader. When Moshe came by, they remained firm and […]
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By Rabbi Moshe Vosoghi Parshat Shelach relates an extremely unfortunate incident in our nation’s history. On the verge of entering and conquering Eretz Yisrael, the Jewish people asked Moshe to first send out spies to scout out the land, so we will know what we are up against. And although […]
By Rabbi Aharon Seleh: In this week’s Parsha, the Jewish Nation’s complaint about their diet triggered a ” very mighty blow ” from Hashem. Many people died. Nothing invokes such severe judgments as one’s complaints and dissatisfaction with one’s lot in life. The Torah clearly stated sadness as the root […]
By Rabbi Nuriel Zargari: The gemara in Nedarim daf 9 tells that Shimon Hatsadik said in all my days only once have I eaten from a Korban of a Nazir, once a Nazir came from the south and I saw that he had beautiful eyes and was good looking with […]
By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov Shavout is the celebration of receiving the Torah at Har Sinai on 6 of Sivan which was 50 days after the Exodus from Egypt. It is very interesting to note that the Almighty told Moshe to ask the people if they were willing to accept the […]