April 2026

They offered before Hashem foreign fire that He had not commanded them.[2] Chazal sense that the offering of the fire per se was not the… Read More »Feeling It[1]

The sirens used to go off once a day, maybe twice. And they didn’t seem to go off at the most inconvenient times either, and… Read More »Exception or Rule?

“Do not drink intoxicating wine…” (10:9) The Talmud compares the prohibition for a Kohein to perform the Priestly service after having imbibed wine to the… Read More »Wearing The Same Robe

What can be more painful than the loss of a child? After a parent holds his infant child in his arms, after he helps the… Read More »The Eloquence of Silence

This week we read the parsha of Shemini. “Va’y’hee ba’yome ha’shmini {And it was on the eighth day}, Moshe summoned Aharon and his sons and… Read More »For This You Have Been Chosen

It was the last day of the Mishkan’s inauguration. The joy was immeasurable, somewhat akin to the ribbon-cutting ceremony of a cherished king’s new palace… Read More »White Noise