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Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum   אחרי מות שני בני אהרן (פרק טז פסוק א) The Torah introduces the עבודת יום כיפור, the Yom Kippur service, and stresses that it should be told to אהרן after the death of his two sons. The ירושלמי explains the relevance, that just

Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier In פרשת קדושים we are introduced to a system of actions and behavior that creates the actualization of a person developing into a צלם אלוקים, one who is the model of Hashem’s design of emulating Him. This in itself is a profoundly important idea.

Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum   טמא הוא טמא יטמאנו הכהן בראשו נגעו (פרק יג פסוק מד) The Torah describes all different types of צרעת (leprosy) and the הלכות that pertain to each one. One type is on the body of a מצורע (leper) while another is on their

Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier In מס’ ערכין טז· ע 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

Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier   In the beginning of this week’s portion, פרשת שמיני, we are taught the dedication of the משכן, Tabernacle – which Klal Yisroel had anxiously waited for more than three months. Specific sacrifices were told by Hashem that had to be offered to consecrate

Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum     אם על תודה יקריבנו (פרק ז פסוק יב) One of the sacrifices that we are taught about in this Parsha is the קרבן תודה- the thanksgiving offering. This was offered when one experienced a considerable salvation, such as leaving jail or being

Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum כי כל שאר וכל דבש לא תקטירו…קרבן ראשית תקריבו אתם (פרק ב פסוק יא-יב) The Torah tells us that we may not add any sourdough, any chometz, or any sweetness, such as through fruit, to any offering. The only exceptions are the “ראשית”- the

Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier רמב”ן, Nachmanides, in his preface to ספר ויקרא, Leviticus, teaches that the main theme of ספר שמות, Exodus, is to relate the development of the Jewish people from being a nation enslaved and assimilated into a people who were gifted with the epitome of

Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum אלה פקודי המשכן (פרק לח פסוק כא) The Parsha begins with a counting of all the materials that were donated to the building of the Mishkan and a description of how they were used in its construction. R’ Moshe Feinstein says that the Torah

Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier   In Chapter 40:2 it states, “On the first day of the first month you shall erect the Tabernacle…” The construction of the משכן, Tabernacle had been completed some time before; according to many it was on כ”ה כסלו, more than three months prior.