613 mitzvos

Parshas Korach

Haftorah by Rabbi Dovid Siegel Parshas Korach Shmuel 1 11:14 This week’s haftorah shares with us a significant perspective about a Jewish government in Eretz Yisroel. The Jewish people had recently approached the prophet Shmuel requesting the appointment of a king. The prophet acquiesced in their request and transferred the mantle of leadership to the…

Parshas Korach

D’var Torah Parshas Korach Moshe Was Right! They assembled against Moshe and Aaron, and said to them, “You take too much upon yourselves, for the entire congregation are all holy, and HASHEM is in their midst. So why do you raise yourselves above the HASHEM’s assembly?” (Bamidbar 16:3) You take too much upon yourselves:…

Parshas Shlach

D’var Torah Parshas Shlach A Sacred Date By Rabbi Label Lam The entire community raised their voices and shouted, and the people wept on that night. (Bamidbar 14:1) the people wept on that night: From that moment the destruction of the Temple was decreed, since it was the night of Tisha’ B’Av. The…

THE SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN COMMANDMENTS In accordance with the Rambam’s Sefer HaMitzvos

Parashat Sh’lach / פרשת שלח־לך Next read in the Diaspora on 14 June 2014. Parashat Sh’lach is the 37th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. Torah Portion: Numbers 13:1 – 15:41 Full Kriyah 1: 13:1-20 (20 p’sukim) 2: 13:21-14:7 (20 p’sukim) 3: 14:8-25 (18 p’sukim) 4: 14:26-15:7 (27 p’sukim) 5: 15:8-16 (9 p’sukim) 6: 15:17-26 (10 p’sukim) 7: 15:27-41 (15 p’sukim) maf: 15:37-41 (5 p’sukim) Triennial Year 1 14 June 2014 1: 13:1-3 2: 13:4-16 3: 13:17-20 4: 13:21-24 5: 13:25-30…

Parashat Beha’alotcha / פרשת בהעלתך Next read in the Diaspora on 07 June 2014. Parashat Beha’alotcha is the 36th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. Torah Portion: Numbers 8:1 – 12:16 Full Kriyah 1: 8:1-14 (14 p’sukim) 2: 8:15-26 (12 p’sukim) 3: 9:1-14 (14 p’sukim) 4: 9:15-10:10 (19 p’sukim) 5: 10:11-34 (24 p’sukim) 6: 10:35-11:29 (31 p’sukim) 7: 11:30-12:16 (22 p’sukim) maf: 12:14-16 (3 p’sukim) Triennial Year 1 07 June 2014 1: 8:1-4 2: 8:5-9 3: 8:10-14 4: 8:15-22 5: 8:23-26…

Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments: The Inside Story By Naftali Silberberg The Ten Commandments were engraved on two tablets. The five commandments etched on the first tablet deal with man’s relationship with G‑d; the second tablet contains five commandments which concern man’s relationship with his fellow man. Of the 613 biblical commandments, G‑d selected these ten commandments…

Parashas Naso

37 – Naso – idra raba rAbi Aba speaks about the time of day and how judgment and joy and praise are aroused at different times of the day and night. He says that during sleep the soul rises above and is examined about its daily activities that are then recorded in the book. 1….

BLESSING OF OBEDIENCE

Lev 26:1 BLESSING OF OBEDIENCE Ye shall make work you no idols nor graven image sculptile , neither rear you up raise a standing image monolith , neither shall ye set up give any image imagery of stone in your land, to bow down prostrate unto it: for I am the LORD I – Yah…

Forbidden Work of Trapping

Hashem has commanded us to rest on Shabbat. It is forbidden to perform any work on Shabbat, as the verse states, “The seventh day is Shabbat for Hashem, your G-d; you shall not perform any work.” One of the thirty-nine works forbidden on Shabbat is trapping. There are kinds of animals which are usually trapped…

Nazirite Negative Commandments

Negative Commandment 205 A Nazirite Eating Grape Seeds “…from the seed to its skin he shall not eat “—Numbers 6:4. A nazirite may not eat grape seeds. Full text of this Mitzvah » Negative Commandment 206 A Nazirite Eating Grape Peels “…its skin he shall not eat “—Numbers 6:4. A nazirite may not eat grape…

Beitzah Daf 30‏

When one brings pitchers of wine from place to place, he may not bring them in a basket or in a box (for it appears similar to a weekday activity), but he may bring them on his shoulder, or in front of him. Likewise, one who brings straw, may not lower the bundle hang down…