Shorashim Insight into the News,( Moshe Kempinski) At a meeting in Washington, US Secretary of State John Kerry met with top Arab League officials to discuss the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative. This Saudi proposal that has been on the table for a long time proposes the 22 Arab countries normalizing ties with Israel in return … Read more
Moshe Kempinski The Torah portion of Behar begins with the words;” And Hashem spoke to Moshe on Mount Sinai ( Behar Sinai) saying, Speak to the children of Israel and you shall say to them: When you come to the land that I am giving you, the land shall rest a Sabbath to Hashem. (Leviticus … Read more
Studying “words” in the Torah “ – Focusing on the torah portions of Behar-Bechukotai Leviticus 25:1-27:34 Mount Sinai and the Land of Israel Behar-Bechukotai Leviticus 25:1-27:343 To listen to more podcasts and leave comments,please go to PodCasts. Please do not play on Shabbat
by Rabbi Chanan Morrison “God told Moses, ‘Speak to the kohanim, the descendants of Aaron. Let no [kohen] defile himself [by contact] with a dead soul among his people.” (Lev. 21:1) Why are kohanim not allowed to come in contact with a dead body? Why does the Torah refer to the dead person as a … Read more
Moshe Kempinski In the Torah portion of Emor we return to the topic of the biblical festivals. Those same festivals are discussed as well in Shemot ( Exodus:23)and in Devarim (Deuteronomy:16) . Yet in this portion ,the Chagim ( festivals) are described with two terms that do not appear in the other two sections. ” … Read more
Studying “words” in the Torah “ – Focusing on the torah portion of Emor–Leviticus 21:1–24:23 THE QUALITIES OF SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP Emor–Leviticus 21:1–24:23 To listen to more podcasts and leave comments,please go to PodCasts. Please do not play on Shabbat
When we can no longer be happy, we discover that happiness was never the goal. The goal was greater than us and in that there is meaning, happiness and infinite achievement. In this there is G-d. From Rabbi Lazer Gurkow A Silent Response During his inauguration to the High Priesthood, Aaron lost two sons. In … Read more
Fear, awe, love of G-d, as we feel closer we realize just how far away we are. From Moshe Kempinski You shall be holy for I, G-d, your G-d am holy. (Leviticus 19:1) What then is the essential nature of that holiness that G-d demands of us? Holiness can best be described as a state … Read more
