February 2022

QUESTION 3 : I went to an amusement park that has a fee for children over three years old, and is free for children under… Read More »Amusement Parks and Sick Days

There is a positive [Torah] obligation to cleave to the wise in order to learn from their deeds, as it states, ‘…and to Him you… Read More »Chapter 6, Law 2(a) – The Holiness of the Physical, Part I

Mishna 10 Rabban Yochanan ben (son of) Zakkai had five [primary] students. They were: Rabbi Eliezer ben Hurkenos, Rabbi Yehoshua ben Chananya, Rabbi Yossi the… Read More »Chapter 2, Mishna 10-11(e), 12: Too Many Blessings

The first half of this week’s Torah portion is devoted to the details of the vestments worn by the Kohen Gadol (High Priest) while serving in the Mishkan (Tabernacle)… Read More »Growth in Vestments

You shall place the Urim and the Tumim into the Choshen of judgment so that they will be over Aaron’s heart when he comes before… Read More »A Deeply Personal Way

The Korban and Tefilla After Moshe ascended Mount Sinai, the first mitzvos presented concerned the Mishkan, its vessels, the clothes of the kohanim and the… Read More »Sin and Atonement, Korban and Tefilla

They shall make the ephod…[2] You shall make the choshen of judgment[3] When understood correctly, the details of the mishkan and the bigdei kehunah teach… Read More »Layers of Meaning

In the Torah reading of this week, a great deal of emphasis is placed on the preparation of the oil that will be the fuel… Read More »Oily Preparation

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1195 Matonos Le’ev’yonim: How Much?… Read More »Leaders Should Not Be Too Great for Their Generation

This week we read the parsha of Tetzaveh. “V’atah tetzaveh {And you shall command} Bnei Yisroel to take pure olive oil (for the lighting of… Read More »There is Knowing, and There is Knowing