Parshas Kedoshim
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum ואהבת לרעך כמוך אני ה’ (פרק יט פסוק יח) The תורה tells us to love our fellow Jews the way we love ourselves and ends off “I am Hashem.” Why does the תורה have to remind us of Hashem’s existence after this מצוה? R’ Shimon Schwab explains that really […]
Respect, the Catalyst to Love
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier, Rosh Kollel In ויקרא י“ט:י“ח , Leviticus 19:18 it states: “Do not take revenge nor bear a grudge, and you should show love to your neighbor as yourself, I am Hashem.” The גמרא יומא כג. explains that the Torah is admonishing a person that if one’s neighbor wouldn’t lend […]
Parshas Acharei Mos
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum דבר אל אהרן אחיך ואל יבא בכל עת אל הקדש…בזאת יבא אהרן אל הקדש (פרק טז פסוק ב-ג) As an introduction to the Yom Kippur service in the משכן , Hashem says that Aharon cannot frequent the קדש הקדשים (Holy of Holies), and only with the described service can […]
The Challenge of Correct Focus
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier The Sforno, ויקרא יח:ו , Leviticus 18:6, teaches a fascinating, enlightening and monumental lesson. The Torah prohibits many relationships that involve close relatives. Why? Initially, one can logically argue that the marriage that will be most successful is when one enters into a relationship with a family member. For […]
Parshas Metzorah
Print PDF By Rabbi Shimmy Sternfield (וּבָא אֲשֶׁר לוֹ הַבַּיִת וְהִגִּיד לַכֹּהֵן לֵאמֹר כְּנֶגַע נִרְאָה לִי בַּבָּיִת” (פרק י”ד, פסוק ל”ד” “The one to whom the house belongs shall come and declare to the Kohein, ‘Something like Tzora’as has appeared to me in the house.’ ” רַשִ”ׁי cites a מִשנְׁהָ that even if the owner […]
Self-Introspection
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier In · מס‘ ערכין טז it lists the seven causes of the affliction of the metaphysical (according to many it also has physical ramifications) state of leprosy. The order is as follows: 1) לשון הרע, disparaging another; 2) murder; 3) false vow; 4) illicit sexual behavior; 5) arrogance; 6) […]
Parshas Tazria
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum אדם כי יהיה בעור בשרו שאת וכו’ (פרק יג פסוק ב) Our Parsha details extensively the laws of one who becomes impure with צרעת. The Medrash offers a parable to the wife of a king who enters his palace and sees various tools of torture hanging on the wall. […]
לשון הרע – Derogatory Speech
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier The גמרה ערכין טו: states: Rav Yossi the son of Zimra taught, “Whoever speaks לשון הרע, derogatory speech, malicious speech, will we afflicted by נגעים, (spiritual) leprous marks as it is stated (Psalms 101, 5) ‘Whoever defames his neighbor in secret, it will destroy him…’” We are being taught […]
The Repercussions of One’s Actions
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier. Rosh Kollel In this week’s פרשה, the Torah relates a discussion that took place between אהרן הכהן, Ahron, and משה רבינו, Moshe Rabeinu. The argument was if the he-goat was brought as the Rosh Chodesh sacrifice should have been eaten or burned, as Ahron had done. In 10, 16, […]
Parshas Shmini | HaChodesh
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum ותקראנה אתי כאלה (פרק י פסוק יט) אהרן and his sons had three קרבנות to eat on the first day of the appointment of the משכן. In the end they lost נדב ואביהוא, their sons and brothers, which gave them a status of אוננים. Therefore, they correctly believed that […]
