Lag B’Omer was celebrated in the Yeshiva with a traditional bonfire and accompanying songs that recall the greatness of Reb Shimon Bar Yochai, who illuminated… Read More »Prisms of Light – Reflections of Shattered Glass
Yechezkel 44:15 This week’s haftorah discusses the laws of the kohanim during the Messianic era. The prophet Yechezkel devotes special attention to the regulations of… Read More »Haftorah Commentary Parshas Emor
The Torah portion begins this week with the special laws, observances, and commands that are meted to the children of Ahron – the kohanim. Those… Read More »Son of a Gaon
BS”D Volume 35, No. 28 19 Iyar 5781 May 1, 2021 Sponsored by the Rutstein family in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of Akiva Chittum… Read More »Your Honor!
Shabbos Night LAG B’OMER IS finally here, b”H. Four weeks have gone by since the Seder, and we can finally get haircuts and listen to… Read More »Kabbalah 101
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Law 5 (end — see two weeks ago for entire text) Nevertheless, we are commanded to follow the middle path in life. This is the… Read More »Chapter 1, Law 6(b) – Do We Really Want G-d? Part II
Moses received the Torah from Sinai and transmitted it Joshua. Joshua transmitted it to the Elders, the Elders to the Prophets, and the Prophets transmitted… Read More »Chapter 1, Mishna 1(c): The Age of Wisdom
And he shall effect atonement upon the Holy of Holies, and he shall effect atonement upon the Tent of Meeting and upon the altar, and… Read More »Days of Knowledge
Do not perform the practice of the land of Egypt…and do not perform the practice of the land of Canaan…Carry out My laws and safeguard… Read More »Progress on the Egypt-Canaan Highway