Parshat Vayakhel-Pedudei: “The Kiyor and Our Preparation for Holiness” by Rabbi Brahm Weinberg
Rabbi Weinberg is the rabbi of Kemp Mill Synagogue in Silver Spring, MD. One of the vessels of the Mishkan left out of Parshat Teruma is the Kiyor, the copper washbasin used to pour water over the hands and feet of the Kohanim prior to the performance of their service...
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Parshat Ki Tissa: “What Leaders Must Hide From the Public” by Rabbi Ya’akov Trump
Rabbi Trump is the Assistant Rabbi of Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarshurt in Cedarhurst, NY. In today’s day and age it is very hard to hide anything from the public. That is certainly the case for leaders in society. Every off-handed comment and every subtle...