Torah study on Blessings, Prayer, and the Nazirite Vow – Torah portion of NASSO Numbers 4:21-7:89 and its connection to the Haftara reading of Judges 13:2-25 We will focus on Understanding the Complexity of Samson. Torah study of NASSO Numbers 4:21-7:89 To listen to more podcasts and leave comments, please go to PodCasts. Please do … Read more
Rabbi Baruch Taub We don’t know where the mountain is, but does it matter? On Shabbat we will read Bamidbar, the first portion of the Book of Numbers, and on Sunday (Sunday and Monday in the Diaspora), celebrate Shavuot. Mount Sinai takes center stage. There is one problem. We have no idea of its actual … Read more
Moshe Kempinski Shavuot occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan. It marks the conclusion of the Counting of the Omer and is understood to be the day that the Torah was given at Mount Sinai. The date of Shavuot is not explicitly mentioned in the Torah. Rather, its occurrence is directly … Read more
Torah study on Wilderness and Counting – Torah portions of Bamidbar Numbers 1:1–4:20 and its connection to the Haftara read from Hoshea ( Hosea) 2:1-22.. We will focus on the concept of Counting and Wilderness. Their interconnection and the relevance of this for the feast of shavuot torah study of Bamidbar Numbers 1:1–4:20 To listen … Read more
Rabbi Chanan Morisson ( based on the writings of Harav Kook) The parashah describes terrible calamities — disease, war, famine, and exile — that result when Israel abandons the Torah. According to Talmudic tradition, the primary reason for punishment is one particular offense: corruption in the judicial arena. “As a punishment for [unnecessary] delay in … Read more
The first radio reports came through from the Jerusalem front on that hot day in June, 1967. The reporter was breathing hoarsely as he ran with the soldiers entering Lion’s Gate. The sniper fire in the background did not seem to faze either the reporter or the soldiers. The reporter’s microphone did not pick up … Read more
Torah study on Blessings and Curses – Torah portions of Bechukotai Leviticus 26:3-27:34 and its connection to the Haftara read from Jeremiah 16:19-17:14. Understanding blessings and Curses. are they reward and punishment or perspective changing realities torah study of Bechukotai Leviticus 26:3-27:34 To listen to more podcasts and leave comments, please go to PodCasts. Please … Read more
by Rabbi Doniel Baron Tapping into the fiery, spiritual energy that is embedded in every iota of creation. Fire. With dancing, leaping, flashing tongues of flame, fire lights up the Lag B’Omer night sky. Jews light bonfires to commemorate the holiday, continuing a tradition that dates back hundreds of years. Lag B’Omer is the day … Read more
