Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov Passover! Jews call it Hag Ha’Pesach, but in the Torah G-d calls it Hag Ha’Matza. Why does Passover have two names? The Chag has two names because in a relationship we should emphasize the positive qualities of the other. Jews call it Hag Ha’Pesach […]
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Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Avraham Moeinzadeh “This shall be the law of the Metzora on the day of his purification: he shall be brought to the Kohen. The Kohen shall go forth to the outside of the camp…” Last week in Parashat Tazria we learned the symptoms of a metzora […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh וְטִהַ֖ר ×Ö¶×ªÖ¾×”Ö·× Ö¸Ö¼Ö‘×’Ö·×¢ כֻּלּ֛וֹ הָפַ֥ךְ לָבָ֖ן טָה֥וֹר הֽוּ×׃ He is clean, for he has turned all white. (×•×™×§×¨× ×™×’, ×™×’) When Saraat is partiality white it’s a sign of impurity. However, the above verse teaches us if the whole saraat turns white it’s not impure. […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom, our parasha is one of the main sources for the laws of kashrut. דַּבְּר֛וּ ×Ö¶×œÖ¾×‘Ö°Ö¼× ÖµÖ¥×™ יִשְׂרָ×ֵ֖ל לֵ×מֹ֑ר ×–Ö¹Ö¤×ת ×”Ö·Ö½×—Ö·×™Ö¸Ö¼×”Ö™ ×ֲשֶ×֣ר תֹּ×כְל֔וּ מִכָּל־הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה ×ֲשֶ×֥ר עַל־הָ×ָֽרֶץ׃ Speak to the Bene Yisrael thus: These are the creatures that you may eat from among all the land […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Cohen This is the law of the sin-offering; in the place where the Olah (Elevation/Burnt-Offering) is slaughtered, shall the sin-offering be slaughtered. (6:17) The Torah details the various laws applicable to the korbanot, ritual offerings. One intriguing halachah that demands elucidation is that of the […]