May 2021

You’ve gone a long way…Aaron! No one likes to be left out. Imagine that you were a governor of a small but very idealistic province.… Read More »No One Likes to Be Left Out

Friday Night LAST WEEK’S PARSHA ended with the Chanukas Hamizbayach, vis-a-vis all the gifts the princes of each tribe brought for the occasion. This week’s… Read More »Living Higher

We are familiar with the Rashi’s comment in the second verse of this week’s Torah reading that the Priest who lit the candelabra was to… Read More »Let the Wick Catch Fire

The Torah reading of this week continues with the count of the different families within the tribe of Levi. We are aware that this tribe… Read More »Levite Leadership

Yossi ben (son of) Yochanan of Jerusalem said: Let your house be open wide, let the poor be members of your household, and do not… Read More »Chapter 1, Mishna 5(a): Charity Begins at Home

Shoftim 13:2 This week’s haftorah shares with us an incredible perspective on sanctity and self control. The focus of the haftorah is the heavenly message… Read More »Haftorah Commentary Naso

Friday Night IT WAS QUITE the job taking care of the Mishkan. It was one thing to have to assemble and then disassemble it every… Read More »Divine Hinge Pin

So (koh) shall you bless the Bnei Yisrael, saying to them…[2] A midrash[3] links the “so”/koh of our pasuk with the same word in the… Read More »Prerequisite to Divine Blessing

The following is the service of the sons of Kohas in the Tent of Meeting-the Holy of Holies. When the camp is about to travel,… Read More »The Torah Within

BS”D Volume 35, No. 31 11 Sivan 5781 May 22, 2021 With 176 verses, Naso is the longest single Parashah in the Torah. R’ Yitzchak… Read More »The Longest Parashah