Behar-Bechukotai: Three Circles of Peace
Life is Worthless without Peace In the Torah portion of Behar, we read that as a result of observing the Sabbatical and Jubilee years, God...
Category : Leviticus – Vayikra
Aharei Mot: Focus on Your Lot
Yom Kippur is a special time to atone for sins of illicit relations. It is not for naught that the Torah reading in the Afternoon...
Tazria – Metzora: Chatter Like a Sparrow
In Aramaic, tzara’at is called sgiru, (Unkelos) cognate to sgirah (closing). It points to the imperviousness of the heart and mind, the result of evil...
Vayikra 5783 Parashah Shorts
Proper Manners—a Prerequisite for Torah It is customary for young children to begin studying the Torah in school with the portion of Vayikra (this week’s...
Q&A: Animal Offerings and Emotions
Q: I would like to know more about the animal offerings. I know that each animal refers to an aspect within us. What do they...
Bechukotai: Fathers and Mothers
The word that repeats many times in our parashah is “I will give” (וְנָתַתִּי), which can also mean “I will make.” Parashat Bechukotai contains both...
Behar: Who is the Redeemer?
“And if your brother becomes poor and he sells part of his lands, and his redeemer (go’alo/ (גאלו , who is his kinsman, shall come...
Parshat Behar: 3 stages of Development of Consciousness
Human consciousness matures from spatial cognition, to sensitivity to time, and finally to appreciation of the complexity of the soul. These 3 stages are connected...
Emor: What to Remember when you are Great
“Say to the Priests, the sons of Aaron and you shall say to them, they shall not become impure for a soul in their nation”....
Kedoshim: Gossip and Bloodshed
“You shall not go as a peddler of gossip in your nation, you shall not stand idly by the blood of your neighbor, I am...
