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Torah scroll slightly open

The Omer and Holiness Parshas Kedoshim

  • Winston, Rabbi Pinchas
  • "The Ramban explains [that] kedushah—holiness—is not merely about how you deal with that which is forbidden to you.......
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Abstract glass artwork with Tezaveh written in hebrew

Context and Perspective

  • Trugman, Rabbi Avraham Arieh
  • "Just as the Tabernacle was the meeting place of finite and infinite, physical and spiritual, the mundane and the holy, so is the body....
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Hands together holding a lit white candle

The Light We Make

  • Sacks, Rabbi Lord Jonathan ZT"L
  • "Holiness consists in respecting boundaries and honouring the natural order....
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Shabbat Candles and cloud with rays of sunshine coming down

Giving Thanks

  • Adlerstein, Rabbi Yitzchok
  • "The first words we are taught to say each morning, immediately on waking, are Modeh Ani, 'I give thanks.'...
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Book with pages glowing

Hearing the Still Small Voice – Parshat Vayikra

  • Sinclair, Rabbi Yaakov Asher
  • "There is a way that Hashem speaks to us that is beyond language. There is the language of the emotions - the still small voice that speaks to us....
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Mishkan being built and people

Making Space: Vayakhel-Pekudei

  • Sacks, Rabbi Lord Jonathan ZT"L
  • "Why, if the Torah is timeless, does it devote such space to what was essentially a time-bound structure?...
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Block with Hebrew letters written on each side

The Aleph Beit Of Creation – Ki Tissa

  • Sinclair, Rabbi Yaakov Asher
  • "The mystics teach that G-d created the whole of existence with permutations of the 22 letters of the alef-bais… The entire world is nothing more than Hebrew letters connected in a myriad of different ways....
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Oil flame surrounded by darkness

Oil, Wick, Vessel, Flame

  • Tauber, Yanki
  • "The flame is more than a symbol of spirituality. The flame is our own mirror, in which are reflected the strivings of our deepest self. In the words of the author of Proverbs, 'The soul of man is a lamp of God.'...
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The Gift of Giving

  • Sacks, Rabbi Lord Jonathan ZT"L
  • "God doesn’t live in a house of stone. He lives in the hearts of those who give."...
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Lightening coming down from the sky and the words Na'aseh V'nishma written across

Doing and Hearing

  • Sacks, Rabbi Lord Jonathan ZT"L
  • "That is the difference between na’aseh and nishma. We do the Godly deed 'together.' We respond to His commands 'with one voice.' But we hear God’s presence in many ways, for though God is one, we are all different, and we encounter Him each in our own way."...
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10 commandments on top of Har Sinai with lightening coming down from the sky

The Ten Commandments and Creation

  • Trugman, Rabbi Avraham Arieh
  • "[There is an] intrinsic connection between the ten utterances through which the world was created and the Ten Commandments…...
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The Sea rising before a wave forms

Why the Sea Needed to Split

  • Jacobson, Rabbi Simon
  • "The waxing and waning moon reflect the ups and downs of life and history. By commanding to sanctify the new moon, G-d was imparting to Moses the power of renewal: Just as the moon is reborn right after it disappears, so too will the Jewish people experience a renaissance...
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