by Rabbi Yair Spitz | Apr 10, 2022
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by Rabbi Morechai Torczyner | Apr 23, 2020
Why offer animals to an incorporeal, immortal and unhungry G-d? How could the ritual described in the opening verses of our parshah atone for sin? In the 16th century, Rabbi Moshe Isserles (“Rama”) published Torat Ha’Olah to explain the Beit haMikdash and its services...
by Gabi Raiss | Jul 3, 2019
Thanksgiving – The idea Behind “Korban Todah” By By Gabi Raiss Cape Town (2001-2) Currently Youth Director of the Chomat Shmuel neighborhood In this week’s parsha, “Tzav”, we learn about different sacrifices. one of them is called...
by Rabbi Benjy Levy | Apr 10, 2018
Rabbi Benji Levy College Dean, Moriah College . . Taking out the trAsh How do you begin your day? Some people start with a cup of coffee, and others with a brisk walk. In Temple times, the priests would begin their day in an entirely different and unexpected way....
by Rabbi Morechai Torczyner | Apr 8, 2017
Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner Rosh Kollel Yeshiva University – Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov Toronto The Value of Perpetuity As lottery winners demonstrate when they choose lump sum payouts over perpetual annuities, human beings prefer...
by Rabbi Aaron Feigenbaum | Mar 23, 2016
Rabbi Aaron Feigenbaum Community Rabbi of the Young Israel of Memphis What the Korbanos Might Teach Us About Prayer We continue this week in Parshas Tzav our journey through the Torah’s world of Korbanos. The concept of animal sacrifice is perhaps foreign...
by Rabbi Baruch Plaskow | Jun 3, 2015
The Book of Vayikra discusses many aspects of sacrifices. The philosophical rational behind this commandment is difficult to understand but this has not stopped the greatest of commentators from attempting to explain the reasons behind them. In this article, I refer...
by Itzik Amar | Jun 3, 2015
This week we begin reading Sefer Vayikra, which already Chazal have called “Torat Kohanim.” Our parasha, as well as next week’s parasha (Parashat Tzav), deal with the laws concerning the various sacrifices. I would like to focus on the unique feature...
by Shira Tauber | Apr 4, 2009
Shira Tauber Former Shlicha in Montreal My tenth grade students at the Hebrew Academy of Montreal and I are currently studying the topic of tzniut (loosely, modesty). I find that I have as much to gain from these lessons as the girls themselves do. Tzniut,...
