CHUQAT: A Red Heifer and our children, by Rabbanit Coty Bittón
Killing a red heifer, burn it and using its ashes to purify ourselves when being in contact with a dead body? It doesn't make...
Summary of Shelach Lekha
THE PLAN
With Divine consent, Moses sends spies on a reconnaissance mission into the land of Canaan in preparation for the Israelites' invasion and conquest...
SHELACH LEKHA: Fear of Freedom
THE MISSION
The children of Israel are in the desert, just weeks away from arriving in the Promised Land. To ensure the success of their...
BEHA’ALOTEKHA: Moses, the man, and the leader
Who was the most humble person who ever lived on the face of the earth? The answer is in Bamidbar (Numbers) 12: 3.
In antiquity,...
Shabuot, And A Ketuba Written In Gaza
In most Sephardic congregations, before the Tora is read on the first day of Shabu'ot, we recite a very special “marriage certificate or Ketuba”...
God, in the first person
On Shabuot, we received the Tora. It all began with the Ten Commandments.
"I, HaShem, am your God, the one who rescued you from the...
SUMMARY OF BECHUQOTAY
THE REWARD
In this Parasha, the Tora promises us His blessing of prosperity and peace if we diligently observe the Tora, our pact with God....
BEHAR-BECHUQOTAY: Why Rabbi Teichtal Changed His Mind About Zionism?
וזכרתי את בריתי יעקוב ואף את בריתי יצחק ואף את בריתי אברהם אזכר והארץ אזכר
Rabbi Yssachar Shlomo Teichtal was born in Hungary in 1885...
BEHAR: Causing Emotional Pain, in the Name of Heaven
One of the most painful mistakes people make when trying to comfort someone in distress is to offer an explanation for that person's suffering.
A...
Historic Speech by Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu
https://youtu.be/Omz2Vo9quFs?si=-E8YlJqmFT_m9LX3
