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One of the categories of sacrifices that are described in this week’s Torah reading describes the offerings that are meant to bring about forgiveness for… Read More »A Call for Human Sacrifice

This week’s Torah portion is devoted to the intricate laws associated with the various sacrifices that need to be brought on various occasions. The parsha… Read More »Lullaby of Life

Shmuel I 15:2 This week’s haftorah, read in conjunction with Parshas Zachor, opens with Hashem’s command to Shaul Hamelech to annihilate the nation of Amalek.… Read More »Haftorah Commentary Parshas Zachor

With the start of the Book of Vayikra (Leviticus), the Torah continues the narrative of mitzvos (Divine commands), focusing on the animal offerings that were… Read More »Uncommon Courtesy

The process of sinning and repenting ascends to a different level in this week’s portion. In addition to the regular steps of penitence, the Torah… Read More »Trickle Down Theory

Friday Night IT IS AMAZING how so much can come down to something so little. As is known, in the first word of Sefer Vayikra… Read More »Aleph

BS”D Volume 36, No. 24 9 Adar II 5782 March 12, 2022 Sponsored by Howard and Rosanne Benn in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary… Read More »A Mystery

This week we welcome in the Jewish month of Adar—in actuality, Adar II, as a leap year on the Jewish calendar involves a full extra… Read More »What Ukrainian Victims Can Teach Us About Happiness

And Moshe did; according to all that HASHEM had commanded him, so he did. It came to pass in the first month, in the second… Read More »The Job of the Jews

Hallel The Gemara in Pesachim (117a) describes Hallel. The Neviim decreed that Hallel be said at Yom Tov and at a time that the Jews… Read More »The Shir — Hallel at Purim and Pesach