Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Emor SPEAK TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AND SAY TO THEM: WHEN YOU COME TO THE LAND WHICH I AM GIVING YOU, AND YOU REAP ITS HARVEST, YOU SHALL BRING TO THE PRIEST AN OMER OF THE BEGINNING OF YOUR REAPING. (Vayikra 23:10) The world is judged at four times: On Passover for grain… (Mishnah Rosh Hashana 1:2) We learned: R. Yehuda said in the name of R. Akiva: Why...
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Kedoshim YOU SHALL NOT STEAL. YOU SHALL NOT DENY FALSELY. YOU SHALL NOT LIE, ONE MAN TO HIS FELLOW. (Vayikra 19:1) You shall not steal – This is formulated in the plural in order to teach you that one who sees and remains silent is a thief, just as is the person who took possession of the stolen goods. (Hizkuni on Vayikra 19:11) You shall not steal – …if...
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Seventh day of Pessah MIRIAM, THE PROPHETESS, AARON'S SISTER, TOOK A TIMBREL IN HER HAND, AND ALL THE WOMEN CAME OUT AFTER HER WITH TIMBRELS AND WITH DANCES. AND MIRIAM CALLED OUT TO THEM, SING TO THE LORD, FOR VERY EXALTED IS HE; A HORSE AND ITS RIDER HE CAST INTO THE SEA Miriam, the prophetess… took When did she prophesy? When she was "Aaron's sister," before Moses was born, she said,...
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Achary Mot – Pesach THE HE GOAT SHALL THUS CARRY UPON ITSELF ALL THEIR SINS TO A PRECIPITOUS LAND, AND HE SHALL SEND OFF THE HE GOAT INTO THE DESERT. (Vayikra 16:22) The Scape Goat Since the scapegoat, was an atonement for all Israel, the High Priest made confession over it in the name of all Israel… The scapegoat atoned for all transgressions mentioned in the Torah, both light and grave, whether committed presumptuously...
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Metzora WHEN YOU COME TO THE LAND OF CANAAN, WHICH I AM GIVING YOU AS A POSSESSION, AND I PLACE A LESION OF TZARA'AT UPON A HOUSE IN THE LAND OF YOUR POSSESSION, AND THE ONE TO WHOM THE HOUSE BELONGS COMES AND TELLS THE PRIEST, SAYING, "SOMETHING LIKE A LESION HAS APPEARED TO ME IN THE HOUSE." (Vayikra 14:34-35) What is the procedure in the inspection of a house? And the one to...
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Tazria SPEAK TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF ISRAEL, SAYING, "ON THE TENTH OF THIS MONTH, LET EACH ONE TAKE A LAMB FOR EACH PARENTAL HOME, A LAMB FOR EACH HOUSEHOLD… AND YOU SHALL KEEP IT FOR INSPECTION UNTIL THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF THIS MONTH, AND THE ENTIRE CONGREGATION OF THE COMMUNITY OF ISRAEL SHALL SLAUGHTER IT IN THE AFTERNOON… AND ON THIS NIGHT, THEY SHALL EAT THE FLESH, ROASTED OVER THE FIRE, AND UNLEAVENED CAKES;...
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Shmini THIS IS THE STATUTE OF THE TORAH WHICH THE LORD COMMANDED, SAYING, SPEAK TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AND HAVE THEM TAKE FOR YOU A PERFECTLY RED UNBLEMISHED COW, UPON WHICH NO YOKE WAS LAID. (Bamidbar 19:2) have them take for you a… red… cow – it will always be called by your name [The secret of the red cow was revealed to Moses alone; that is why Scripture says that he prepared...
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Tzav AND HE BROUGHT NEAR THE SECOND RAM, THE RAM OF THE INVESTITURES, AND AARON AND HIS SONS LEANED THEIR HANDS UPON THE RAM'S HEAD. AND HE SLAUGHTERED … AND MOSES TOOK SOME OF ITS BLOOD, AND PLACED IT ON AARON'S RIGHT EARLOBE, ON THE THUMB OF HIS RIGHT HAND AND ON THE BIG TOE OF HIS RIGHT FOOT. If we have succeeded in explaining the three earlier uses of the shalshelet in...
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Vayikra AND IF HIS OFFERING IS FROM THE FLOCK FROM SHEEP OR FROM GOATS AS A BURNT OFFERING HE SHALL SACRIFICE IT AN UNBLEMISHED MALE. AND HE SHALL SLAUGHTER IT ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE ALTAR, BEFORE THE LORD. AND AARON'S DESCENDANTS, THE PRIESTS, SHALL DASH ITS BLOOD UPON THE ALTAR, AROUND. (Vayikra 1:11-12) It is better to listen to the reason they give for them , that since human...
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Pekuday WHEN THE CLOUD ROSE UP FROM OVER THE TABERNACLE, THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SET OUT IN ALL THEIR JOURNEYS. (Shemot 40:36) Tabernacle and Temple – Temporariness and Constancy When the cloud rose up – the Shekhinah's presence in the Tabernacle was so constant that it would only leave it when the Israelites had to travel. This was not the situation in Shiloh, or in the First Temple, or in the Second Temple. However,...