Next read in the Diaspora on 03 May 2014. Parashat Emor is the 31st weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. Torah Portion: Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23 Full Kriyah 1: 21:1-15 (15 p’sukim) 2: 21:16-22:16 (25 p’sukim) 3: 22:17-33 (17 p’sukim) 4: 23:1-22 (22 p’sukim) 5: 23:23-32 (10 p’sukim) 6: 23:33-44 (12 p’sukim) 7: 24:1-23 (23 p’sukim) maf: 24:21-23 (3 p’sukim) Triennial Year 1 03 May 2014 1: 21:1-6 2: 21:7-12 3: 21:13-15 4: 21:16-24 5: 22:1-9 6: 22:10-12 7: 22:13-16 maf: 22:13-16 Triennial…
Category: Ancient Paths
A Fiery Torah
The Gemara states that HaShem gave the Jewish People the Torah because they are strong-willed and by studying the Torah, they will become subdued and their hearts will be humbled. The Gemara in Kiddushin states that HaShem said, “I created the Evil Inclination, and I created the Torah as its antidote.” These statements in the…
ALL OF ISRAEL
All of Israel have a share in the World to Come, as it says, Your people are all righteous; they will inherit the Land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands in which I take pride. (Sanhedrin 1 1 : 1)
Sefirat HaOmer
The 49 days from Passover to Shavout have always been a period of spiritual elevation and self-fulfillment. The Counting of the Omer comes alive in all its mystical poetry in this accessible day-by-day guide. It will change your life and empower you to achieve a state of spiritual fulfillment and emotional refinement in 49 simple…
Deception is the Worst
The Gemara states that we are more concerned about one who employs a ruse than one who violates a rabbinical prohibition intentionally. The reason for this logic is because one who violates a rabbinic ordinance will most likely not cause others to act similar to him, as he is not justified for violating the rabbinic ordinance….
Pesach
The Feast of Unleavened Bread (Hag HaMatzah) is the fifteenth day of the month of Nisan, which is the day following Passover (Pesach). It is a seven-day festival to the L-rd (Leviticus [Vayikra] 23:6-7; Exodus [Shemot] 12:7-8,14-17). On the fifteenth of Nisan and for the next seven days, G-d forbade the people to have any…
Shabbat HaGadol
Shabbat HaGadol (“Great Shabbat” שבת הגדול) is the Shabbat immediately before Passover. There is a special Haftarah reading on this Shabbat of the book of Malachi. Traditionally a lengthy and expansive sermon is given to the general community in the afternoon. Various reasons are given for the name of this Shabbat: 1) The Midrash Rabbah states: “When they…
Holy Thoughts
The Gemara states that one can separate both Terumah Gedolah and Terumas Maaser with a thought and one does not need to physically or orally designate the terumah. There are certain mitzvos which require one to contemplate the mitzvah, such as loving HaShem, fearing HaShem and other such mitzvos. There is even a situation where…
Observing Shabbos
The Gemara quotes a verse in Yirmiyah that states and do not carry out a burden from your homes on the Shabbos day The Gemara states that Rabbi Yochanan maintains that Bais Shammai and Bais Hillel disagree as to whether we say that since carrying was permitted for a food-related purpose, it was also permitted when there…
The Symbolic Explanation
The Symbolic Explanation of the Bread and Wine at Passover and Jesus’ Last Supper We are left with only one important parallel (Jeremias’s 14th) that can be explained in terms of a Seder: the surprising fact that Jesus at his Last Supper engaged in symbolic explanation of the bread and wine, just as Jews at…
No Ignorance on Yom Tov
Rashi writes that amei haaretz, ignorant people, despite the fact that they are suspected of laxity in observing the laws of taharah, ritual purity, on a Yom Tov they are not suspected of being lax, and if an am haaretz touched food on Yom Tov, it does not become tamei. We find that an am haaretz is believed on Shabbos to say…
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