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This is the law of the sacrifice of shelamim that you bring to Hashem.[2] The nations of the world were not happy, relates a midrash.[3]… Read More »How the Queen of Sheba Got It Wrong

When someone among you brings an offering…from the cattle, or from the flock you shall bring your offering…the kohen shall cause all of it to… Read More »DIY Korbanos

THIS MATZA – that we eat: what does it recall? It recalls the dough of our ancestors, which did not have time to rise before… Read More »Born to Fly

BS”D Volume 39, No. 24 7 Nissan 5785 April 5, 2025 Sponsored by Nathan and Rikki Lewin in memory of her father Rabbi Morris E.… Read More »Pure

This dvar Torah was adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: Pekudai Pesach 2025 – Here… Read More »Charoses – Hashem Does Not Abandon Us

This week we begin the Sefer {Book} of Vayikra by reading parshas Vayikra. “Vayikra el Moshe {And He called to Moshe} vayedabair Hashem {and Hashem… Read More »Hear the Call?

Parshas Vayikra opens with the laws of the Korban Olah, a volunteered offering with a variety of options, depending on one’s financial status. The wealthier… Read More »Soulful Offerings

ONCE BACK IN the 1980s while driving a car I came across a talk show on the radio. Normally I would have just turned off the… Read More »Animal Rights

Blessed is the One Who keeps His promise to Israel, blessed is He. That the Holy One, Blessed is He, calculated the end, just like… Read More »It’s OK to Have Questions

Betzalel…did everything that Hashem commanded Moshe. Isn’t the point really that Betzalel did everything that Hashem commanded? How does Hashem’s command to Moshe figure in… Read More »Depends on Which Way You Look At It