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Monthly Archives: January 2020
Pesach – 5781
Tzav – 5781
Tzav 5780
THE BURNING HEART
Everything in the Torah is eternally relevant. Although there are many details which are time sensitive, nevertheless, the principles of those details remain relevant for all time. One such example are the Korbanos (offerings) which are enumerated in this week’s Parsha, Tzav. Although Korbanos no longer apply today as there is no Bais Hamikdosh, nevertheless, the principles upon which Korbanos are based are timeless and relevant in every time.
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Vayikra – 5781
Vayikra 5780
HARDWIRED
This week’s Parsha, Vayikra, opens with the laws of the offerings that are to be brought in the Mishkan. Right from the beginning the Torah indicates that every Jew can bring an offering, whether or not he is righteous. The only Jew who may not bring an offering is the one who totally rejects HaShem. In the very same verse, however, the Torah indicates that regarding a non-Jew there are no qualifications; every non-Jew may bring an offering, the non-Jew who accepts HaShem as well as the non-Jew who re-jects HaShem. The reason given why we accept the offering of the non-Jewish atheist is to bring him closer to HaShem.
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Ki Sisa – 5781
Ki Sisa 5780
DON’T STAND ALONE
Dovid Hamelech (King David) held a census using a headcount to get the tally of the number of people in our nation. Shortly afterwards a plague befell the people in which many died. Our Sages teach us that Dovid Hamelech failed to learn the lesson from this week’s Parsha, Ki Sisa, in which the Torah teaches us not to use a headcount to count the people, lest they suffer the consequences. Rather, we must take a coin from each individual and then count the coins, thereby reaching the tally. After these coins were collected they were used for the national cause of building a foundation for the Mishkan.
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