PEACE AND PERFECTION “The Lord spoke to Moshe, saying:  Pinchas, son of Elazar, son of Aharon the Cohen, has caused My wrath to be withdrawn from the children of Israel, in that he was zealous on My behalf among them; that I did not destroy the...

OPPOSITES ATTRACT   This Shabbat marks the realignment of the diaspora communities with the Land of Israel. Here is some background: The festival of Shavuot was celebrated this year, 5783, on Friday 26 and Shabbat 27 May. This was the case outside of Israel. But in the...

WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN AGENDA “Korach, son of Yitzhar, son of Kehat, son of Levi, and Datan and Aviram, son of Eliav, and On, son of Pelet, sons of Reuven, took [themselves to one side]. They arose before Moshe and with them two hundred and...

THE GOOD SON AND THE BAD SON “They ascended in the South, and he came until Hebron. And Achiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, children of the giant were there. Hebron was built seven years before Tzo’an of Egypt.” (Bamidbar 13:22) The route of the spies, dispatched by Moshe,...

HEART FOLLOWS DEED “The Lord spoke to Moshe, saying: Speak to the Children of Israel, saying: When any man shall be impure by means of a corpse or on a distant journey for you or for your future generations, he shall offer the paschal lamb to...

THE THREE TYPES OF JEW “The Lord spoke to Moshe saying: Lift up the heads [i.e. take a census] of the sons of Gershon as well, by their patrilineal house, by their families.” (Bamidbar 4:21-22). Levi, the third son of Yaakov, had three sons: Gershon, Kehat and...

THE THREE TYPES OF JEW “The Lord spoke to Moshe saying: Lift up the heads [i.e. take a census] of the sons of Gershon as well, by their patrilineal house, by their families.” (Bamidbar 4:21-22). Levi, the third son of Yaakov, had three sons: Gershon, Kehat and...