Redeeming Relevance: Parshat Kedoshim: We Need to Choose

In this week’s parsha, the Torah further develops the statement that opens Parshat Kedsohim, the need to be 'Kadosh.'

Shabbos Mevorchim Iyar

The sign of the powerful bull (shor) is symbolic of Iyar (Taurus), while the part of the body representative of the month is the neck.

Not So Famous Amos

If I say the word Amos, what is the first word that comes into our minds?

Parshat Achrei Mot

The importance of uniforms is underscored in this week's parsha.

Acharei Mot: How Do Yom Kippur Rituals Save Us From Sins?

The weird rituals of Yom Kippur sound magical… and irrational. How do they grant forgiveness for our sins?

Systems Of Human Perfection

Our conscious reality would change because part of who we are is the animal soul, and we would thereby acquire cruelty.

Davening During A Meal

The Gemara says that Rabbi Yehuda agrees that the berachah on shechita said at the beginning suffices to cover both types.

Redeeming Relevance: Parshat Achrei Mot: Nameless Heroes and the Holy Path

Parshat Achrei Mot represents a transition in the book of Vayikra from an emphasis on Aharon and his sons to the Jewish people as a whole

From Slaves To Supermen

What makes a holy soul decide to worship foreign gods? The answer is the yetzer hara.

Being Like Hashem

We would assume the selfish person would be happy. After all, he is singly focused on what’s good for him.

The Merit Of Trusting Hashem

Stopping there, the Jewish people looked up and saw the Egyptians chasing after them.

The Fast Of The Bechorim

First, the makka occurred on the first night of Pesach, not on Erev Pesach. Why, then, fast on Erev Pesach?

The Four Cups Of Pesach

However, if one did not recline during three or four of the cups we would require him to drink them again and recline.

I Am Never Wrong

This concept has great relevance to us both on the receiving as well as on the giving end.

Metzora: What Do Tumah and Tahara Mean Today? Part II

This week, in Metzora, we'll dive a little deeper to find the meaning embedded in the strange rituals of becoming tahor, ritually pure.

Redeeming Relevance: Parshat Metzorah: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?

Man in his ideal form is described as a speaker. Fitting that the sin most closely associated with tzaraat is misuse of speech.

Parshas HaChodesh: Fostering Newness

The Jewish people do not usher in months like the rest of the world.

It’s Not Fair!

Before Hashem created the world, He thought (if it could be) to create it with the middas hadin – strict justice.

An Illegal Bris

There are several answers given to that question and some may or may not apply to answer the question raised regarding a bris performed on Shabbos “illegally.”

Mastering The Pause

Lie is filled with exquisite "pauses," moments built into the fabric of life offering an opportunity for growth

Tazria: What do Tumah and Tahara Mean Today? Part I

The quest begins in understanding just what Tumah and Tahara are, and how these new definitions can truly impact our lives today.

Redeeming Relevance: Tazriah: The Things We Must Do To Belong

The outcast metzorah or zav, is essentially promised a quick rebirth within the Jewish nation.

Are You Really Eating Kosher?

The laws of shechita and tzaar ba’alei chayim were meant for Jewish communities who would eat meat occasionally, not for the huge industry we have today

Shabbos Mevorchim Nissan

The word matzah (mem, tzadik, hei) is an acronym for “mikol tzara hitzilanu (from all my troubles He has saved me)” ...in the merit of achilas matzah, of consuming matzah.

Pure Happiness

What did the absence of wine have to do with the nation’s ultimate understanding that Hashem is the true G-d?

Parshat Shemini

What really defines a person as one type of decision maker or the other?

Killing A Rodef

The halacha is that if a person can prevent the chaser from killing the victim without killing the rodef he must.

A Leopard Can’t Change Its Spots, But A Man Can…

If a person is locked into the idea that he cannot change, then in fact he won’t be able to. To such a person, the Torah has no relevance.

In the Present

We are connected to our past, not by feeble attempts to recreate history, but by the awareness with which we live in the present.

Shemini: Why Keep Kosher?

What if there was a way for us to think about kosher that makes sense and can strengthen our relationship with God?

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