A Hopeful Vision of the Future
Immediately before the dramatic story of Moshe hitting the rock, the Torah tells us that Miriam passed away. Chazal understand…
Read MoreImmediately before the dramatic story of Moshe hitting the rock, the Torah tells us that Miriam passed away. Chazal understand…
Read MoreThe events of this week’s parsha are held up forever more as a classic example of a divisive and self-serving…
Read MoreAfter the spies’ slanderous lies about the Land of Israel, Yehoshua and Kalev stand up and say the following: The…
Read MoreWhen Yitro tells Moshe that he wants to go back to Midian, Moshe tries to convince Yitro to stay. He…
Read MoreThis week’s parsha contains the blessings that the Kohanim are to relay to the people. In many ways, these three…
Read MoreGod’s opening command in this week’s parsha to count the Jewish people refers to them as a “congregation” (eidah). What…
Read MoreThis Monday we will be celebrating the 54th birthday of renewed Jewish sovereignty over the Old City of Yerushalayim. We…
Read MoreFrom our earliest sources, we find that the people of Yerushalayim took upon themselves a higher level of stringency than…
Read MoreTowards the end of our parsha, nestled between the mitzvah of Orlah and the prohibition against forms of witchcraft is…
Read MoreIn this week’s parsha we learn about the mysterious affliction of tzara’at. The Talmud teaches that though it manifests as…
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