"It becomes important to embed in a people’s memory the knowledge that we can handle the unknown. God is with us, giving us the...
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The Omer and Holiness – Parshas Kedoshim
Winston, Rabbi Pinchas
May 6, 2022
"The Ramban explains kedushah—holiness—is not merely about how you deal with that which is forbidden to you....
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Living Torah – Parashas Acharei Mot-Kedoshim
Pfeffer, Rabbi Yehoshua
April 28, 2022
"How is it that keeping the Torah gives us life? Surely we have life even if we don’t keep the Torah....
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Why Do We Love Gossip?
Jacobson, Rabbi YY
April 7, 2022
When we speak disparagingly about other people…the words being spoken are broken, coming from human beings who are themselves broken....
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Comfort In Times of Loss – Parshat Tazria
Sinclair, Rabbi Yaakov Asher
April 1, 2022
"Tumah, meaning impurity, is connected to the word atum, meaning sealed. The Jewish idea of impurity is something that seals us off from holiness......
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The Light We Make
Sacks, Rabbi Lord Jonathan ZT"L
March 25, 2022
"Holiness consists in respecting boundaries and honouring the natural order."...
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Two-minute drill with Rabbi Dov Lipman: Parshat Tzav
Lipman, Rabbi Dov
March 18, 2022
"We learn the laws [in this week’s parsha] of the 'korban toda' which is the sacrifice giving thanks to G-d…. This sacrifice is different...
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Creation, Israel, and Humility
Trugman, Rabbi Avraham Arieh and Rachel
March 10, 2022
"The alef, written especially small in the word ‘vayikra’ in traditional Torah scrolls alludes ...in some deeper sense ... to God’s humility; for when...
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Labor of Carrying
Frand, Rabbi Yissocher
March 4, 2022
"When I refrain from carrying on Shabbos, I am making the statement, that not only is G-d Master over the physical world, but G-d...
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The Fire of Shabbat
Trugman, Rabbi Avraham Arieh and Rachel
February 24, 2022
"Moses was teaching the people that in order to create a Sanctuary for God in this world, a place where man and God could...
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Broken: Why Breaking the Tablets Was Moses’ Greatest Accomplishment
Jacobson, Rabbi YY
February 17, 2022
"Moses did not break the tablets because he was angry and lost his control. Rather, the breaking of the tablets was the beginning of...
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5 Powerful Insights from the Rebbe – Tetzaveh
Rubin, Mordechai
February 10, 2022
"Our Sages note that there is an allusion to Moshe’s demise in Tetzaveh, in that this is the only Torah portion (from the time...
