April 2026

You shall take on the first day…[2] A medrash[3] asks: “Is it the first day? In fact, it is the fifteenth [of the month]! Rather,… Read More »What First Day?[1]

This is not a perfect world. Nothing new so far. It is a perfectly imperfect world. Okay, that may be new to some, but it… Read More »Perfect?

This week we read the parsha of Emor which begins with different restrictions that apply to the kohanim {priests} and to the animals that would… Read More »Holy Bread

The Torah tells us in this week’s parsha, “u’shmartem es mitzvosai, v’aseesem osum — watch the mitzvos and do them” (Vayikra 22:31). What does watch… Read More »Mitzvah Vigilante

…and you should love your neighbor as yourself… (Vayikra 19:18) – Rabbi Akiva says, this is the general principle of the Torah, – Talmud How… Read More »The Torah Continues

You shall be holy, because I, Hashem your G-d, am holy.[2] A wonderful challenge! But what, exactly, is holiness, and where do we find it?… Read More »Setting Sights Lower[1]

בס”ד Volume 40, No. 27 8 Iyar 5786 April 25, 2026 Sponsored by the Vogel family on the yahrzeit of grandmother Blanche Vogel (Bluma bat… Read More »Great Principles

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1378 – Standing Up for… Read More »What Might Have Been? Mourning Past Tragedies

No one other than the Ramban seems to have the question, which is, why command the Jewish People to be holy in the middle of… Read More »Living High

Amazing! Moshe pronounced to each and every member of Klal Yisroel that every single person not only has the potential but is commanded: K’doshim tihyu… Read More »Don’t Take Revenge…