May 19, 2024 | 11 Iyyar, 5784 - 26th day of the Omer | Torah Portion: Behar, Leviticus 25:1-26:2 | Haftorah: Jeremiah 32:6-37
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Volume 38, No. 31
10 Iyar 5784
May 18, 2024
Sponsored by the Vogel family on the yahrzeit of mother and grandmother Bluma bat Shabtai ...read more
Preparing to Live for Kiddush HASHEM
And do not desecrate My Holy Name and I should be sanctified in the midst of the Children of Israel, I am HASHEM. (Vayikra 22:32)
Some things ...read more
Teaching Our Children That We Are Different
These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand's Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1291 - The ...read more
Re-Jew-Venation
This week we read the parsha of Emor. Emor begins with the laws which apply only to Kohanim. "Emor el haKohanim bnei Aharon v'amarta aleihem ...read more
Divine Distribution
"When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not remove completely the corners of your field as you reap and you shall not gather the ...read more
Sefiras HaOmer
The Story
It was Friday night and the Feldman family were sitting at their table, enjoying their Shabbos meal. Everyone was appreciative that ...read more
The Power of Connection
They were ten of the best and finest Jewish men, the pride of the Jewish people who had emerged in the Egyptian exodus. And yet these ten men ...read more
Haftorah Commentary Parshas Emor
Yechezkel 44:15
This week's haftorah discusses the laws of the kohanim during the Messianic era. The prophet Yechezkel devotes special ...read more
Holier Than Thou
One of the most disheartening episodes that occurred during the 40-year desert sojourn is recorded in this week's parsha. A man quarreled with a ...read more
Toiling For Something
When you shall enter the Land that I give you and you reap its harvest, you shall bring an Omer from your first harvest to the kohen. He shall ...read more
Other Articles
Chapter 5, Mishna 16: Playing G-d
There are four types of givers of charity. One who wants to give but that others not give has a bad eye towards others. [One who wants] others ...read more
Chapter 8, Law 1(b) – The Coming of the End, Part II
The good which is reserved (lit., 'hidden') for the righteous is the life of the World to Come. This is the eternal life (lit., 'the life which ...read more
Chapter 5, Mishna 15: Are All Men Created Equal?
There are four types of students. One who is quick to understand and quick to forget -- his gain is outweighed by his loss. One who is slow to ...read more
Returning a Borrowed Book
QUESTION 58: RETURNING A BORROWED BOOK
If I borrow a book from someone, and both of us forget about it, is that a transgression? How much an ...read more
Signs of Truth I
At first the Almighty created the heavens and the earth. (Bereshith 1:1)
Every artisan has their own unique signature that they integrate ...read more
Health Reasons
"You will be drawn after your body" (Melachim I 14,9). Chazal explain that the phrase "your body" (go'vechah) can also be read to mean ...read more
Who Hast Not Made Me a Woman Part II
"BLESSED ART THOU, O LORD OUR G-D, KING OF THE UNIVERSE, WHO HAS NOT MADE ME A WOMAN."
AN EXAMINATION OF RABBINICAL INTEGRITY RELATED TO THE ...read more
Chapter 8, Law 1(a) – The Coming of the End, Part I
The good which is reserved (lit., 'hidden') for the righteous is the life of the World to Come. This is the eternal life (lit., 'the life which ...read more
Chapter 5, Mishna 14: Challenges – Not Problems
There are four types of temperaments. One who is quick to become angry and quick to calm down -- his gain is outweighed by his loss. One who is ...read more
Truthfulness With A Shadchan
QUESTION 57:
How truthful must one be when talking to a shadchan (match-maker) - or anyone helping to find a shidduch (match) - about the ...read more