By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom, At the end of our parasha we have the halacha regarding a corpse which was found outside the city limits and the murderer is unknown. The Torah commands the Bet Din to bring a calf and offer it in a special manner for atonement. There’s […]
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By Rabbi Aharon Seleh: Elul is upon us. The Chofetz Chaim brings a parable about a thief who would stealthily steal from a certain house, taking just one or two small items at a time. One day the owner noticed things missing and got suspicious. He started paying more attention. […]
By Rabbi David Cohen: Just as a father will chastise his son, so Hashem, your G-d, chastises you. (8:5) We translate the word, ish, as “a father,” but it actually means “a man.” The Torah should have used the word, av, father. Why does the Torah change the wording? The […]
In this week’s parasha, we have the famous pasuk that we say many times a day: וְ×ָ֣הַבְתָּ֔ ×ֵ֖ת יְהוָ֣ה ×ֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ בְּכָל-לְבָבְךָ֥ וּבְכָל-× Ö·×¤Ö°×©Ö°×ךָ֖ וּבְכָל-מְ×ֹדֶֽךָ You shall love Hashem with all of your heart, with all of your soul, and with all your might. Rabbi Jonathan Sacks relates how we can see […]
By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov: Tisha b’Av is the saddest day on the Jewish calendar. Tisha b’Av – the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av – is the day that our sages informed us terrible events would happen throughout Jewish history. The most important tragedies that occured on this […]