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Naso

Parsha Naso begins in the middle of the description of the duties of the Levites, focusing on the duties of the Gershonites and the...

Bamidbar

Parshat Bamidbar (“In the wilderness”) – Numbers 1:1 – 4:20 We now enter the fourth book of the Five Books of Moses – Bamidbar. Its...

Behar-Bechukotai

Parshat Behar (On the mount) –Bechukotai (In My Statutes) Leviticus 25:1 -27:34 WHY A DOUBLE PORTION? The lunisolar Hebrew calendar...

Emor

This week's parsha begins with God telling Moses "Emor el ha kohanim" ("Speak to the priests,") to instruct them about the special rules...

Aharei Mot - Kedushim

Leviticus 16:1 – 18:30 and 19:1 – 20:27 A History Lesson – The Framework for the Parshiot: The teachings contained in Parsha Acharei Mot...

Tazria-Metzorah

This week we read a double parsha – Tazria and Metzorah. Parsha Tazria (and she gives birth) continues with the laws of Tumah v'Taharah,...

Shemini

Rabbi Yaacov Asher Sinclair with Ohr Somayach wrote a lovely piece about Parsha Shemini – our Torah portion this week. The Rabbi writes,...

Tzav

Tzav means 'Command'. It expresses a Command from G-d about the donation of offerings in the Sanctuary, relating to the general concept...

Va-yikra

The second half of the Book of Exodus--whose reading we concluded last week--was taken up primarily with the details of the Sanctuary's...

Va-yakhel

Vayak'hel records the actual implementation of God's instructions on how to build the Mishkan (Tabernacle), recounted earlier in the...

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