by Rabbi Dr. Azriel Rosenfeld | Oct 30, 2006 | Beginner
G. Crops – Zeraim “In the seventh book I will include commandments that apply to crops, such as the sabbatical year and Jubilee, tithes and priestly offerings, and other commandments that are included with them involving similar matters. And I have called...
by Rabbi Dr. Azriel Rosenfeld | Apr 3, 2006 | Beginner
5. Repentance – Teshuvah a) Reward and Punishment Every person is free to choose between good and evil ways, as it says “Man has become like one of us to know good and evil”.1 G-d does not decree in advance who will be good and who wicked, as it says...
by Rabbi Dr. Azriel Rosenfeld | Feb 27, 2006 | Beginner
83. Kings and Their Wars – Melachim u-Milchamoseihem Seven commandments apply to non-Jews: idolatry, blasphemy, murder, fornication, robbery, eating from a living animal (as Noah was commanded, “But flesh with its life, its blood, you shall not...
by Rabbi Dr. Azriel Rosenfeld | Dec 19, 2005 | Beginner
73. Slaves – Avadim During the period when the Jubilee year was in effect Jews could become slaves. A man could sell himself, as it says “And if your brother becomes poor and is sold to you”1; and the courts could sell a thief for six years if he was...
by Rabbi Dr. Azriel Rosenfeld | Aug 27, 2002 | Beginner
l7. Horn, Booth, and Palm Branch – Shofar ve-Sukkah ve-Lulav a) The Horn We are commanded to hear the blowing of a horn (shofar) on Rosh ha-Shanah, as it says “It shall be a day of blowing the horn for you”.1 In the Temple the shofar was accompanied...
