by admin | Feb 23, 2017 | Hesder
The events described at the end our parshah occurred before the revelation at Mt. Sinai, and the Torah is going back and revealing to us all that occurred during Matan Torah. The Torah states the following: “Moshe Aharon Nadav and Avihu and seventy of the elders of...
by admin | Feb 23, 2017 | American, Parsha
Rabbi Zack is the rabbi of Congregation Torat Emet in Columbus, OH. Rashi famously points out at the very opening of Parashat Mishpatim that it is directly connected to the previous parasha of Yitro. According to this well-known Rashi, the opening phrase ואלה...
by admin | Feb 21, 2017 | News
by admin | Feb 21, 2017 | Hesder
This Shabbat we are going to read and accept the Torah. Hakadosh Baruch Hu leads the Jews out of Egypt, but before He gives them the Torah, He gives them chizuk, telling them, “You will be for Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” What does this mean? Why does...
by admin | Feb 21, 2017 | Hesder
This week the Jewish People begin their journey throughout the desert, a journey that will take them all the way to the Promised Land. The generation of the “midbar”, as its name suggests, was a generation which lived outside of nature. The desert is a place where...
