by Torah Mitzion Admin | Jul 9, 2020
Status. Change of status. Concepts pretty familiar to us in these days of social media. But we use those terms lightly – so often for insignificant matters. Parshat Pinchas is all about status – defining status, declaring status, changing status. What a great parsha...
by Rabbi Yedidya Noiman | Jul 1, 2020
For the PDF Version: פרשתבלק5780אנגלית In our Parashah we read about the gentile prophet Bil’am, who was asked to use his special spiritual powers in order to curse Am Yisrael. In the Gemara (Brachot 7a) we are told that Bil’am was the only one to know the...
by Liat Jackman | Jun 25, 2020
Forty years have passed. We arrive at the desert of Zin, Miriam dies. But what is the first thing that happens? We run out of water, complain about water, and about leaving Egypt. Has nothing changed? Have 38 years not left their mark? Although on the surface the...
by Hanoch Shalev | Jun 18, 2020
For the PDF version click HERE Korach and Company. What a plot. Our parasha is every bit the drama, mystery and action you could hope for. Family disputes, jealousy, a rebellion, climax and paranormal phenomena and justice. This portion of the parasha is so well read...
by Torah Mitzion Admin | Jun 15, 2020
Written L’ilui Nishmant my son, Naftali Meir Z’’L We all have our favourite Parashiot. Some shine light on great personalities whose lives inspire and guide us to this very day. Others fill us with joy as we read about the downfall of an enemy. This Shabbat, the Torah...
by Torah Mitzion Admin | Jun 4, 2020
For the PDF version click HERE What is the sin that ruins it all? Even the sin of the Golden Calf – an idolatrous lapse at the holiest moment in the relationship between God and the Jewish people – was not beyond atonement and rectification. What could be worse? What...
by Rabbi Yair Spitz | May 31, 2020
For the PDF version click HERE Years ago, a Reform Rabbi friend of mine, bemoaned that “Shavu’ot is the forgotten holiday of the Reform Movement”, because it is only one day, usually falls in the middle of the week and has nothing tangible to “capture” people’s...
by Torah Mitzion Admin | May 13, 2020
For the PDF Version: בהר בחוקותי5780אנגלית וְזָכַרְתִּי אֶת בְּרִיתִי יַעֲקוֹב וְאַף אֶת בְּרִיתִי יִצְחָק וְאַף אֶת בְּרִיתִי אַבְרָהָם אֶזְכֹּר וְהָאָרֶץ אֶזְכֹּר, “I will remember My covenant with Yaacov and also My covenant with Yitzchak; I will also...
by Yedidya Bejell | May 5, 2020
For the PDF Version: אמור5780אנגלית ”They shall be holy to their God, and they shall not desecrate their God’s Name, for they offer up the fire offerings of the Lord, the food offering of their God, so they shall be holy”. (Vayikra 21, 6). “You...
by Torah Mitzion Admin | Apr 28, 2020
For the PDF Version: Parshat Acharei Mot Before Hashem The theme of Parashat Acharei Mot is the ability to be “before Hashem”. The Parsha starts out with the sad fact that Aharon’s two sons died “when they drew near before Hashem”...
