by Rabbi Menachem Leibtag | Mar 11, 2018
by Yair Ullmann | Jun 3, 2015
Like the last few weeks, this week has an additional section read after the weekly Parsha. The reason for these supplements is usually because of their relevance to an upcoming occasion in that specific week. For example, last week we read Parshat Zachor, which is...
by Rabbi Dror Brama | Apr 1, 2005
In this week’s parsha (parshat Shemini) we read of the death of Aharon’s sons on the day of the inauguration of the altar. Then, as the “maftir”, we read parshat Para – the special instructions for the ritual purification required following contact with a human...
by Rabbi Dror Brama | Mar 13, 2004
After Moshe’s forty-day stay atop Mount Sinai, Hashem gives him two stone Tablets. The Torah tells us that these Tablets were very special: “Tablets inscribed on both sides; there was writing on this side and on the other. And the Tablets were the work of God, and the...
