Moshe Kempinski Life Lessons from the Torah Portion Parshat Shemini Leviticus 9:1–11:47 Pesach(Passover ) has its own unique quality of Simcha ( joy) and spiritual power. It is a time when one rejoices with the sense of potential. One is uplifted with a sense of hope. It is the season of renewal.” This month shall … Read more
by Moshe Kempinski Sirens will be sounded during the commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day. The painful wail of the sirens will be heard in every city, on every highway and in the midst of every Jewish farming settlement. At that point, most of Israel will come to a complete and silent stop. Cars idle in … Read more
Moshe Kempinski Life Lessons from the Torah Portion Parshat Tzav Leviticus 6:1-8:36 Enter into any torah centered Jewish home in this period prior to the festival of Pesach ( Passover ) and you will see a house in bedlam and disarray. Every member of the household is busy cleaning rearranging and overturning everything in the … Read more
by Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein Given its tiny numbers, according to the normal laws of history, the Jewish people should have disappeared through persecution or assimilation. It is remarkable how Israel plays such a central and important role in world affairs. Given its tiny land area and population, Israel should be nothing more than a … Read more
Rabbi Chanan Morisson Many years ago at a Seder I attended, one of the guests raised a difficulty in the Torah’s account of the Exodus which he felt was insolvable. None of the answers offered to him satisfied him. Over the years I have searched for a solution to this problem; only recently did I … Read more
Prof. Louis René Beres, Facing an increasingly dangerous Hezbollah, Jerusalem correctly understands that even a failed state has legal obligations not to assist in terrorist assaults against Israel. Syria, a country in the midst of chaos, has launched multiple aggressions against neighboring Israel. In recent years, most of these assaults have assumed the form of … Read more
Moshe Kempinski Life Lessons from the Torah Portion Parshat Vayikra Leviticus 1:1-5:26 The book of Vayikra (Leviticus) focuses on two major issues. The first is the Korbanot( the sacrifices) used in the Temple as a medium of worship and of achieving closeness with G-d. The second issue revolves around “holiness and sanctity”. Regarding … Read more
What is the value of an offering that costs almost nothing? Rabbi Lazer Gurkow A Little is Enough If you were a little fly on the wall of the Tabernacle or Temple you would notice a curious aspect of the sacrificial rite, namely the daily offerings. Each morning, at dawn’s earliest light, a sheep offering … Read more
