Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Pinchas COMMAND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AND SAY TO THEM: MY OFFERING, MY FOOD FOR MY FIRE OFFERINGS, A SPIRIT OF SATISFACTION FOR ME, YOU SHALL TAKE CARE TO OFFER TO ME AT ITS APPOINTED TIME. AND YOU SHALL SAY TO THEM: THIS IS THE FIRE OFFERING WHICH YOU SHALL OFFER TO THE LORD: TWO UNBLEMISHED LAMBS IN THEIR FIRST YEAR EACH DAY AS A CONTINUAL BURNT OFFERING. THE ONE LAMB YOU SHALL OFFER UP IN THE...
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Balak THE LORD PLACED SOMETHING INTO BALAAM'S MOUTH, AND HE SAID, "RETURN TO BALAK AND SAY AS FOLLOWS." BALAAM RAISED HIS EYES AND SAW ISRAEL DWELLING ACCORDING TO ITS TRIBES, AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD RESTED UPON HIM… HOW GOODLY ARE YOUR TENTS, O JACOB, YOUR DWELLING PLACES, O ISRAEL! A Curse into a Blessing or a Blessing into a Curse? Love and Hate. And the Lord put a thing in the mouth of Balaam. R....
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Chukkat THE ENTIRE CONGREGATION OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ARRIVED AT THE DESERT OF ZIN IN THE FIRST MONTH, AND THE PEOPLE SETTLED IN KADESH. MIRIAM DIED THERE AND WAS BURIED THERE. THE CONGREGATION HAD NO WATER; SO THEY ASSEMBLED AGAINST MOSES AND AARON. (Bamidbar 20:1-2) Three good leaders had arisen for Israel, namely. Moses, Aaron and Miriam, and for their sake three good things were conferred , namely, the Well, the Pillar of Cloud...
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Korach MOSES SENT TO CALL DATHAN AND ABIRAM, THE SONS OF ELIAB, BUT THEY SAID, "WE WILL NOT GO UP. IS IT NOT ENOUGH THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT US OUT OF A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY TO KILL US IN THE DESERT, THAT YOU SHOULD ALSO EXERCISE AUTHORITY OVER US? YOU HAVE NOT EVEN BROUGHT US TO A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY, NOR HAVE YOU GIVEN US AN INHERITANCE OF FIELDS AND VINEYARDS....
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Shelach YOU SHALL SEE WHAT LAND IT IS, AND THE PEOPLE WHO INHABIT IT; ARE THEY STRONG OR WEAK? ARE THERE FEW OR MANY? AND WHAT OF THE LAND THEY INHABIT? IS IT GOOD OR BAD? AND WHAT OF THE CITIES IN WHICH THEY RESIDE ARE THEY IN CAMPS OR IN FORTRESSES? WHAT IS THE SOIL LIKE IS IT FAT OR LEAN? ARE THERE ANY TREES IN IT OR NOT? YOU SHALL BE COURAGEOUS AND...
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Behaalotcha SPEAK TO AARON AND TELL HIM: WHEN YOU RAISE UP THE LAMPS, THE SEVEN LAMPS WILL GIVE LIGHT IN FRONT OF THE MENORAH. (Bamidbar 8:2) When you raise up the lamps. "Why does the section dealing with the Menorah follow the dedication-offerings of the princes? The reason is that when Aaron saw the dedication-offerings of the princes, he became disheartened because neither he nor his tribe participated with them...
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Nasso – Chag Shavuot IF SOMEONE IN HIS PRESENCE DIES UNEXPECTEDLY OR SUDDENLY, AND CAUSES THE NAZIRITE HEAD TO BECOME DEFILED, HE SHALL SHAVE OFF HIS HEAD ON THE DAY OF HIS PURIFICATION… AND ON THE EIGHTH DAY, HE SHALL BRING TWO TURTLEDOVES OR TWO YOUNG PIGEONS… THE PRIEST SHALL PREPARE ONE FOR A SIN OFFERING AND ONE FOR A BURNT OFFERING AND ATONE ON HIS BEHALF FOR SINNING BY COMING INTO...
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Behukotay In memory of Gerald Cromer with gratitude for the gifts he bequeathed us – the lasting beauty of his voice, the depth of his caring, the breadth of his thinking and an infinite capacity to hope and work for peace for our children. His memory is a blessing for all who were privileged to be his friend. AND I WILL GRANT PEACE IN THE LAND, AND YOU WILL LIE DOWN WITH NO ONE...
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Behar YOU MAY SOW YOUR FIELD FOR SIX YEARS, AND FOR SIX YEARS YOU MAY PRUNE YOUR VINEYARD, AND GATHER IN ITS PRODUCE, BUT IN THE SEVENTH YEAR, THE LAND SHALL HAVE A COMPLETE REST A SABBATH TO THE LORD; YOU SHALL NOT SOW YOUR FIELD, NOR SHALL YOU PRUNE YOUR VINEYARD. (Vayikra 25:3-4) The commandment of the Shemittah year is similar to the commandment of the Sabbath, since just as the commandment of...