by admin | Mar 3, 2017 | Hesder
After the description of the Revelation at Sinai Sinai in Parshat Yitro and Parshat Mishpatim the matter of the establishment of the Mishkan appears, beginning in Parshat Terumah and ending with the completion of the book of Shemot. Is there a connection between these...
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 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...
by admin | Feb 21, 2017 | Hesder
Why do we eat Maror on Pesach? Ostensibly, the answer to this question is so straightforward that it is not I who should be speaking about this, but my pre-school-age grandchild. Why is it so straightforward? Because it is one of the only cases in which the reason for...
by admin | Feb 21, 2017 | Hesder
In the beginning of this week’s parshah, God reveals himself to Moshe and tells him his mission. Yet, this is not the first time that God has informed Moshe of his mission, as God has already told Moshe his mission in last week’s parshah at the episode of the Burning...
