Reuven Dovid Bryant discussed this week’s Torah Portion of Pekudei about how Moshe gives an account of the precious metals that when into the holy furniture of the Tabernacle. There is a connection to...
A broken heart brings elevation | Parshat Vayakhel Rabbi Yaakov Cohen presents this week’s Torah Portion Vayakel. Focusing on the sin of the Golden calf and the broken Heart of the people of Israel...
Lessons for Humanity Torah Reading: Exodus 35:1-38:20 GATHERING OF THE PEOPLE The parshah of VAYAKHEL opens with the words: “And Moses gathered together all the Community of Israel.” (Exodus 35:1). According to our sages,...
In Tetzaveh | Elevation of the soul we discover the flame of the Menorah is more than a symbol of spirituality. The flame is our own mirror, in which are reflected the strivings of...
Atonement and the Golden Frontlet | Making our deeds Holy to the Lord The obvious question here is – how does the tzitz which is worn on the forehead of the high priest, atone...
In this lecture, we Discover the inner Temple. Everyone has an inner temple. In the same way that the Mischan was the Jewish peoples connection to HaShem, so t0o is the inner Temple our...
Dress for Success | Parshat Tetzaveh Our clothes reflect both our personalities and our desires. One who dresses in a dignified manner and according to the standards of modesty shows that he or she...
There are two paths to illumination. The Path of Torah is where through understanding and contemplation in the ways of G-d, one comes to see the goodness of Divine Providence. Ira Michaelson is the co-host...
By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: TETZAVEH Exodus 27:20-30:10 Haftara: Ezekiel 43:10-27. LIFE IN THE HOUSE In last week’s parshah of TERUMAH, the Torah taught us the form and shape of the House of...
The Jewish people entered the covenant of the Torah by three rites, the third of which was the above-mentioned offering. In the words of Maimonides: “Israel entered the covenant by way of three rites:...
Dealing with the Yezer | Parshat Mishpatim Rabbi Yaakov Cohen shares this weeks Torah portion Mishpatim on dealing with the yetzer. In Judaism, yetzer hara (Hebrew: יֵצֶר הַרַע, for the definite “the evil inclination”),...
By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: MISHPATIM Exodus 21:1-24:18 Haftara: Jeremiah 34:8-22, 33:25-26 As indicated by its name of MISHPATIM, “the Laws”, much of our parshah is made up of laws — the basics...
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