Category: Rabbis thoughts

Shemini, opens with the historic ceremony marking the consecration of Aaron and his sons as כֹּהֲנִים–Kohanim–priests. This ceremony, which took place[…]

Va’yikra Exodus 38:21 reads, אֵלֶּה פְקוּדֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן מִשְׁכַּן הָעֵדֻת, אֲשֶׁר פֻּקַּד עַל פִּי מֹשֶׁה, These are the reckonings of the Tabernacle, the[…]

Shabbat: Pekudei Exodus 38:21 reads, אֵלֶּה פְקוּדֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן מִשְׁכַּן הָעֵדֻת, אֲשֶׁר פֻּקַּד עַל פִּי מֹשֶׁה, These are the reckonings of the Tabernacle,[…]

We read of the infamous episode of the Golden Calf. In preparation for the Revelation, Moses had gone up to[…]

In this coming week’s Tetzaveh, we read of the בִּגְדֵי כְּהֻנָּה , bigdei kehunah, the priestly garments, and the many precise descriptions concerning the[…]

In this coming week’s parashat Teruma, we begin a series of four portions that deal with the building of the מִשְׁכָּן ,[…]

Mispatim/Ex. 21:1 The portion opens with laws concerning the rights of persons, the Hebrew manservant and maidservant, and continues with[…]

Torah Portion: Shabbat: Bo God says to Moses, Exodus 10:1, בֹּא אֶל פַּרְעֹה:  כִּי אֲנִי הִכְבַּדְתִּי אֶת לִבּוֹ, וְאֶת לֵב עֲבָדָיו,[…]

In the opening verses of Va’era, the Al-mighty informed Moses that He had established a covenant with the patriarchs to[…]

Torah Portion: Shabbat: Shemot/Exodus 1 In the beginning of  Shemot, we read of the enslavement of the Jews in Egypt[…]