March 2022

Purim is an intensely spiritual twenty-four hours, occupying a higher spiritual realm than even Yom Kippur The elevated frame of mind that is meant to… Read More »Where Heaven Meets Earth

Yechezkel 36:16 This week’s Haftorah, read in conjunction with Parshas Parah, describes the Jewish people’s ultimate state of purity. The prophet Yechezkel says in the… Read More »Haftorah Commentary – Parshas Parah

This Week’s RRR (Relevant Religious Reference): “Do not look at the vessel but rather what is in it…” -Avos (Ethics of the Fathers), 5:27  … Read More »The Sign of the Swine

Tragedies happen. Unfortunately, we can’t control them, and we have to learn to live with their consequences, as we try to continue our lives. Tragedy… Read More »Consolation Reprise

Moshe and Aharon entered the Ohel Moed. They left and blessed the people. The Honor of Hashem appeared to all the people.[2] This reads like… Read More »Taking the Rap

BS”D Volume 36, No. 26 23 Adar II 5782 March 26, 2022 In this week’s Parashah, the Torah teaches which animals may be eaten and… Read More »In the Right Time

Friday Night Zoom class on Purim, b”H, Tuesday, March 22, 7:30 pm Israel time. Meeting ID: 836 1383 3117, Passcode: 327302, or see it on… Read More »Greatness Lost and Found

BS”D Volume 36, No. 25 16 Adar II 5782 March 19, 2022 This week’s Parashah continues to discuss the laws of the Korbanot / sacrificial… Read More »First Things First

Moshe said to the congregation: “This is the matter that Hashem commanded to do.”[2] What was Moshe telling them? Were there matters that Moshe demanded… Read More »Way Above Suspicion

The Torah reading of this week concerns itself with the tasks of the Priests in the Temple, regarding the sacrifices which were the centerpiece of… Read More »The Case Against Innovation in the Synagogue