Parshah • May 2022
Behar – Look Before You Leap
This week’s Parsha tells us that we need to give the ground a Sabbatical once every seven years, and then it goes on to say that we can work the…
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Emor – Let the Feet Do the Talking
The Shalosh regalim, Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkot are referred to as the ‘foot’ festivals, because we made the pilgrimage on foot. We shed the comforts of home but returned with…
Parshah • May 2022
Kedoshim – Adding Spiritual Value to the World
Moses instructs the Jewish nation to be ‘holy’. But how can we accomplish this in this lowly material realm where the innate spirituality seems missing? Through Mitzvot we elevate it…
Parshah • April 2022
Acharei – The Mishkan: Inter-dimensional Space
Moses warns his brother about entering the Mishkan at will. Because the Anan, the surrounding ‘cloud’ created a ‘fifth dimension’ – Sovev, to occupy the Mishkan preventing entry, except when…
Parshah • April 2022
Shevi’I Shel Pesach – When Nature is the True Miracle
On the 7th day of Pesach we read about the splitting of the sea. That event is considered a miracle. But was that a real miracle or is the seemingly…
Parshah • April 2022
Pesach – Your Daily Exodus
The exodus from Egypt was a blueprint for our future exodus from the current enslavement – albeit that ours is a psychological enslavement that creates confusion in the world. The…
Parshah • April 2022
Metzorah – Breathe Easy
When Moshe Rabbeinu first approached his enslaved brothers and sisters, they ignored him. Rashi notes their breathing was stressfully shallow and short. A person of faith sidesteps anxiety and stress…
Parshah • March 2022
Tazria – A Baby in Mother’s Womb
This week’s parsha, Tazria begins with a discussion of conception and birth. Just as a baby in its mother’s womb, is bent over, unseeing, and fully dependent, so are the…
Parshah • March 2022
Shemini – Delete ‘Seven’ – Express ‘Eight’
Design underlies all of creation, presupposing both intent and a Grand Designer. The surface of the world is represented by the number seven – natural law. The number eight represents…
Parshah • March 2022
Tzav – Thick Steaks and Double Milk-Shakes
When making the offerings in the temple, the fats had to be burnt first. Interestingly, when we fast, we use up our storage fats – focusing that day on the…
Parshah • March 2022
Vayikra – Beginning With the Hardest First
Vayikra, the third volume of Torah, is the most difficult, filled with technical details of offerings and sacrifices. Yet children begin their studies right here. To teach the young child…
Parshah • March 2022
Pekudei – The Individual and the Collective
This week’s Parsha is often read together with the previous one, Vayakhel, except during a leap year, like this year. While Vayakhel emphasizes the collective value of pulling together, Pekudei…
Parshah • February 2022
Vayakhel – A Course in Wise Fund-raising
One can be generous to a fault. We were so very generous contributing to the golden calf! So, G-d gave us the opportunity to make amends by contributing to the…
Parshah • February 2022
Ki Tissa – Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Moses rejected the gift of mirrors that the womenfolk offered for the construction of the Mishkan. He was concerned that mirrors were tainted with vanity, even though the Jewish women…