by Gabi Raiss | Sep 5, 2019
This week’s Parsha talks about the way a nation should build a state and governing system; in the Parsha we can see a wide array of subject that touch on the same theme: the appointment of judges and police officers, how to run a court, the king and his...
by הרב משה בלום | Sep 5, 2019
The Torah states (Devarim 14:23): “You shall consume the tithes of your new grain, wine, and oil… in the place where He will choose to establish His name so that you may learn to revere the L-rd your G-d forever.” Ma’aser sheni differs from all...
by Rabbi Raphael Katz | Sep 5, 2019
There are two types of “agricultural gifts” – matanot aniyim”: 1) those, one is obligated to give at the preliminary stages of agricultural production, for example the mitzvah of bikkurim. 2) Those one ‘gives’ at the end of growing one’s crops, for example the...
by הרב דורון פרץ | Sep 5, 2019
How is it possible to be genuinely kind to someone and to hate them at the same time? Remarkably, this is what the Talmud seems to say regarding the spiritual cause of the destruction of the Second Temple: “During the Second Temple period the people occupied...
by Rabbi Yehuda Susman | Sep 5, 2019
Much has been written trying to explain the distinctions between the Aseret Hadibrot as originally formulated in Parshat Yitro as opposed to the way they are relayed in Parshat VaEtchanan (see, for example, Ibn Ezra and Ramban Shmot 20:7 and Rambam Moreh Nevuchim...
by Yedidya Bejell | Sep 5, 2019
אֵ֜לֶּה מַסְעֵ֣י בְנֵֽי-יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָצְא֛וּ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם לְצִבְאֹתָ֑ם בְּיַד-מֹשֶׁ֖ה וְאַהֲרֹֽן וַיִּכְתֹּ֨ב מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶת-מוֹצָאֵיהֶ֛ם לְמַסְעֵיהֶ֖ם עַל-פִּ֣י ה’ וְאֵ֥לֶּה מַסְעֵיהֶ֖ם לְמוֹצָאֵיהֶֽם: “These are the journeys of the children...
by Rabbi Moshe Aberman | Jul 18, 2019
Moshe the Quintessential Leader Parashat Pinchas By Rabbi Moshe Aberman Former Rosh Kollel (Chicago, 1997-99) Great leadership is often measured by actions taken at times of crisis. George Washington is remembered primarily for leading the thirteen colonies in their...
by Rabbi Baruch Weintraub | Jul 11, 2019
Bilaam and the War of Narratives Parashat Balak By Rabbi Baruch Winetraub Former Sgan Rosh Bet Medrash in Toronto (2011-2014) Currently Community Rabbi in Tel Mond and Ram in Yeshivat Har Etzion The story of Balak and Bilaam is unique among the stories in the Torah....
by Rabbi Morechai Torczyner | Jul 11, 2019
The Role of Revelation Parashat Chukat By Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner Rosh Kollel YU TMT Zichron Dov, Toronto The haftorah of Parshat Chukat presents the tragic figure of Yiftach, from approximately 300 years after the Jews entered the Land of Israel. In Yiftach’s...
by Rabbi Yedidya Noiman | Jul 3, 2019
The Blooming Stick and the Levi’ims Role Parashat Korach By Rabbi Yedidya Noiman Rosh Kollel (Montreal, 2016-19) In the aftermath of the crisis of Korach, Hashem performs a miracle with Aharon’s stick; In order to show that he was chosen to serve as the Kohen...
