When one hears the name Korach they automatically associate it with machlokes. As we will I”YH read in this weeks parsha, Korach challenges Moshe Rabbeinu’s authority as the leader of klal Yisroel. He also disputed how Aharon was chosen to lead Bnei Yisroel as the Kohen Gadol.  Moshe’s response was that they will hold a [...]

In the last portion of parshas Shelach the Torah discusses the parsha of tzitzis. The pasuk says (15; 39) ‘This shall be fringes for you, and when you see it, you will remember all the commandments of Hashem to perform them, and you shall not wander after your hearts and after your eyes after which [...]

In parshas Naso the Torah discusses the episode of a sota. If a man warns his wife not to seclude herself with another man and then finds out-through witnesses-that she has transgressed his warning, yet can only assume an aveira was transgressed but cannot confirm it. In such a case the wife is brought to [...]

Parshas Bamidbar begins with the counting of klal yisroel. When reading the parsha it seems rather evident that the commandment given to Moshe Rabbeinu to count klal Yisroel was only given in the second year after they left Mitzrayim, as mentioned in the pasuk (1; 1). Only then was Moshe commanded to tally the bnei [...]

“If you follow my statutes and observe my commandments and perform them” (26; 3)             In this weeks parsha, Hashem tells klal Yisroel that if we follow in His ways and His mitzvos then He promises us an abundance of berachos. After listing all the brochos, the Torah continues and says-however, “if you despise My statutes [...]

In this week’s parsha, the Torah speaks about the sin of ona’ah. The first pasuk (25; 14) speaks about not victimizing another person, while using the loshon of achiv; your brother. Rashi interprets this as ona’as mammon (taking advantage of someone else through money).The second pasuk (25; 17) speaks about not harassing a person verbally. [...]

The parsha starts off with the pasuk- ‘Speak to the kohanim, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: Let none [of you] defile himself for a dead person among his people. The apparent question here is why the need for the double loshon? Rashi quotes a gemara which says ‘to warn the elders on [...]

Who knows one? As the Seder is winding down, and we continuously struggle to fend off the fatigue that has been creeping up on us all night, the final, yet still a most integral part of the Haggadah begins. With the conclusion of the Seder we would naturally expect a lofty and uplifting climax, some [...]

This weeks parsha discusses the affliction of tzara’as that occurs on ones house; nigei batim. The pasuk says (14; 33) ‘When you come to the land of Cana’an, which I am giving you as a possession, and I place a lesion of tzara’as upon a house in the land of your possession.’ Rashi comments that ‘it’s [...]

This weeks parsha discusses the affliction of tzara’as that occurs on ones house; nigei batim. The pasuk says (14; 33) ‘When you come to the land of Cana’an, which I am giving you as a possession, and I place a lesion of tzara’as upon a house in the land of your possession.’ Rashi comments that ‘it’s [...]