Parshas Pinchas contains 6 positive mitzvos The laws of inheritance [27:8ff.]. The daily burnt-offerings [28:2]. The additional offering of Shabbos [28:9]. The additional offering of Rosh Chodesh [28:11-15]. The additional offering of Shavuos [28:26]. To sound the shofar on Rosh Hashanah [29:1]. [ THE COMMUNAL SHEMINI ATZERE S OFFERINGS [29:35 The eighth day will be…
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Parashat Pinchas / פרשת פינחס
PINCHAS Torah Reading PINCHAS, Numbers 25:10-30:1 PINCHAS, PRINCE OF PEACE “Pinchas son of Elazar son of Aaron the Priest turned away My wrath from upon the Children of Israel in his zealousness. Therefore say: I hereby give him My Covenant of Peace” (Numbers 25:11-12). The opening verses of our parshah of PINCHAS follow immediately after…
Parashat Chukat-Balak / פרשת חקת־בלק
“This is the ordinance of the Torah” Rabbi Yosi draws a distinction between the Torah itself, that is Zeir Anpin, and the law of the Torah, that is Malchut. Rabbi Yehuda says that the verse, “and this is the Torah,” means a union of total perfection, including male and female, but the verse, “this is…
Parashat Chukat / פרשת חקת
AND the Lord spake with Mosheh and to Aharon, saying: This is the decree of the law which the Lord hath commanded, saying: Speak to the sons of Israel that they bring to thee a red heifer, unblemished, with no spot in her, and upon which no yoke hath been put. And you shall give…
SPYING OUT THE LAND
The theme of vision is paramount in SHELACH LECHA. The parshah begins with G-d telling Moses to send men who “will SPY OUT the Land of Canaan which I am giving to the Children of Israel”. The parshah ends with the passage recited by every Israelite in the SHEMA morning and evening: “They will make…
The Sound of Silence
The Sound of Silence – Pirkei Avos ch.1 and Parshas Behalotcha by Yaakov Saavedra Repairing Ourselves and Our World From the Damage of Fragmentation משנה אבות א׳:י״ז (יז) שִׁמְעוֹן בְּנוֹ אוֹמֵר, כָּל יָמַי גָּדַלְתִּי בֵין הַחֲכָמִים, וְלֹא מָצָאתִי לַגּוּף טוֹב {אֶלָּא} (מ)שְׁתִיקָה. וְלֹא הַמִּדְרָשׁ הוּא הָעִקָּר, אֶלָּא הַמַּעֲשֶׂה. וְכָל הַמַּרְבֶּה דְבָרִים, מֵבִיא חֵטְא:Pirkei Avot 1:17…
Parshat Naso: Nezirut
An Ideal? Source for Nezirut Numbers 6:1-7(1) And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: (2) Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: When either man or woman shall clearly utter a vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to consecrate himself unto the LORD, (3) he shall abstain from wine and strong drink:…
Parashat Bamidbar / פרשת במדבר
Sefer Bamidbar-Lessons of Desolation א. .1 Numbers 1:1-2 ב. במדבר א׳:א׳-ב׳ .2 (א) ַוְיַדֵבּר יקוק ֶאל ֹמ ֶשׁה ְבּ ִמְדַבּר ִסיַני ְבּ ֹאֶהל מוֵֹעד ְבֶּאָחד ַל ֹחֶדשׁ ַה ֵשִּׁני ַבּ ָשָּׁנה ַה ֵשִּׁנית ְלֵצא ָתם ֵמֶאֶרץ ִמ ְצַריִם ֵלא ֹמר. (ב) ְשׂאוּ ֶאת ֹראשׁ ָכּל ֲעַדת ְבֵּני יִ ְשָׂרֵאל ְל ִמ ְשׁ ְפּ ֹח ָתם…
Bechukosai
Moses said to Israel, “Remove that evil inclination from your hearts, so that you should all have one [feeling of] awe, and be of one mind in serving G•d. Just as He is singular in the world, so you should be singular worship of Him.” Midrash Sifra, on this verse “If you follow My statutes…
Parashat Emor / פרשת אמור
According to Yemenite tradition 21 } 1 And he said to Moses, saying to Aaron the sons of Aaron; And he pretended to be a witness, to whom he did not want to be. 2, In God, come closer to her, to her mother and to her father, and to her daughters and to my…
Parashat Shmini / פרשת שמיני
Torah Reading: Parshas SHEMINI, Leviticus 9:1-11:47 THE EIGHTH DAY The “eighth day” with which our parshah of SHEMINI opens was the first day of the month of Nissan, one year since the Exodus from Egypt. This was the day marked out for the final inauguration of the Sanctuary following seven days of consecration of Aaron…
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