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Every week, new divrei Torah on the weekly parsha are written by Rabbi Naftoly Bier and Rabbi Shloime Lindenbaum and emailed to our mailing list.

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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Parshas Tsav

Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum אש תמיד תוקד על המזבח לא תכבה (פרק ו פסוק ו) The Torah commands us to constantly have a fire burning on the מזבח. The משנה in אבות tells us that there was a miracle in the בית המקדש that even though the מזבח

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Emunah and Self Control

Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier In Vayikra, Levyticus 1, 8, Rabbeinu Bachaye explains the concept of sacrifices; “G-d takes delight in His most perfect creation, i.e. man, for whose sake the entire universe has been created. Their purpose is to be so governed by their intellect that they will

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Parshas Vayikra | Zachor

Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum ואם לא תגיע ידו די שה והביא את אשמו…אחד לחטאת ואחד לעולה (פרק ה פסוק ז) If one sins and is obligated to bring a קרבן עולה ויורד, their financial status determines what they need to bring as a קרבן. A wealthy individual brings

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Purim: Its Impact on Jewish Life

Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier, Rosh Kollel Dovid Hamelech in Psalms Ch. 22:1 states, “למנצח על אילת השחר”. The Talmud in מס‘ יומא כט , Tractate Yoma 29a, quotes רב אסי , Rav Assi who explains that this refers to the period of אסתר המלכה , Queen Esther. Why

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Parshas Pekudei

Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum אלה פקודי המשכן (פרק לח פסוק כא) After בני ישראל finished donating all of the materials needed for the משכן, and the craftsmen assembled it and the כלים, the Torah gives a detailed accounting of all of the donations and what they were used

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The Majestic Garments of the Kohen Gadol and Feasting on Purim

Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier, Rosh Kollel   The Torah commands, “(Shemos 28:2) Make holy garments for your brother Aharon, for glory and majesty.” Why is it important that Aharon who is a spiritual giant, a person of saintliness, needs to wear majestic, royal garments? In what manner does

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