You are browsing archives for
6 Iyar 5782 To hear the recorded message, click on https://youtu.be/sNPmbrxVCqI From Parashah Kedoshim we learn that the sacred, the holy, is not achieved by separating ourselves from the rest of the congregation, but simply by walking side by side with others; otherwise, what is the point of being “holy”; it is only for ourselves? […]
With Freedom Comes Responsibility This week’s parashah Mishpatim begins with וְאֵלֶּה, הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים, V’eleh ha mishpatim…“And these are the judgments that you shall set before them:” By beginning with “and”, it suggests that it’s connected with the previous portion Yitro, in which we read that God had personally inscribed the Ten Statements in stone and gave them to Moshe at […]
3 Sivan 5776 פרשת שְׁלַח, כ”ו סיון, תשע”ו There are two versions of this portion Shelach here and in Deuteronomy 1 where Moshe gives us a different narrative. In Deut. it looks like the people are requesting that Moshe send the scouts to reconnoiter the land whereas in Numbers it is the Creator to do […]
