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 […]
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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. […]
By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari: Shalom, We are in the midst of the days of Sefirat Haomer. If we pay attention we can see that these days create one unit of time which begins with Pesah and ends with Shavuot. This shows a very meaningful connection between the two. Pesah is […]
By Rabbi David Cohen: Yisrael saw the great hand that Hashem had inflicted upon Egypt; and the people revered Hashem and they had faith in Hashem. (14:31) Horav Nissen Alpert, zl, distinguishes between the yad, hand, of Hashem, to which (the Torah states) Klal Yisrael had not been privy, and […]
By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov We start the Pesach Seder by saying, “ha lachma aniya.” “This is the poor man’s bread to remember that our forefathers were slaves in Egypt and the Almighty saved us from there.” But why do we continue saying: whoever is hungry, come and eat and whoever […]