By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom, in this week’s parasha, we encounter yet again the complex episode of the spies. They returned from the mission to spy on the land of Yisrael with complaints of the superiority of the enemy and how it would be impossible to conquer the land. What […]
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By Rabbi David Cohen: “Va’yehi binsoa haAron” Ramban cites a Midrash which takes a dim view of Klal Yisrael’s first journey away from Har Sinai. The Midrash states that the nation left the mountain, K’tinok ha’boreiach mi’bet ha’sefer, “Like a child running away from school,” happy to leave that holy […]
By Rabbi David Cohen The land will give its fruit and you will eat your fill… if you will say: “What will we eat in the seventh year?” I will ordain my blessing. (25:19, 20, 21) Sforno distinguishes between the baal bitachon, one who trusts in Hashem, who does not […]
By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov We see a big tragedy at the end of this week’s Torah portion when Benei Israel were camping in the desert. The pasuk says there was a certain person whose mother was Jewish but his father was Egyptian and (G-d forbid) he cursed HaShem. The pasuk […]
In this week’s parsha, the Torah commands us to love our fellow Jew like ourselves. The Shaar Hakavannot says that one should accept upon themselves to love their fellow Jew specifically before praying. Why is this so important? Every Jew has a different need which he emphasizes in his prayer. […]