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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

This dvar Torah was adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: Tape # 805, Barch Sh’omar,… Read More »The Bayis is the Foundation of Bnei Yisroel

BS”D Volume 39, No. 23 29 Adar 5785 March 29, 2025 Sponsored by Gilla and Harold Saltzman in memory of his father Yosef Noach ben… Read More »Doubly Trustworthy

IT IS INTERESTING that accounting should be a part of Torah. Torah is the word of God, our instructions for living. It is so holy… Read More »Accountable

“…These are the things that Hashem commanded, to do them”(35:1) Moshe assembles the entire nation and charges them with the thirty-nine categories of labor prohibited… Read More »A Golden Opportunity

In the final Torah portion that details the completion of the Mishkan, an expression that describes the accomplishment is repeated over and over. In fact,… Read More »Exactly Redundant

The entire assembly of the Bnei Yisrael exited from before Moshe[2] Isn’t this pointing out the obvious? From where else could they exit? They had… Read More »Exiting in Torah Style