Parshat Bo
By: Rabbanit Tamara Spitz | Rosh Beit Midrash, MTVA This week’s parsha, Parshat Bo, includes the very first mitzvah received by the fledgling Jewish nation החדש הזה לכם ראש חדשים ראשון הוא לכם לחדשי השנה Where we are commanded to sanctify that first month, the month of our Exodus from Egypt, as the first month […]
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Parshat Ki Tavo
Parshat Ki Tavo – Upholding Codes of Conduct By: Rabbi Aaron Bayer | Director Midreshet Torah V’Avodah Moshe describes a dramatic ceremony that Am Yisrael is commanded to perform when they eventually cross into the Land of Israel that requires the public reading of curses and blessings. What is interesting is that the list of curses […]
Parshat Ki-Teitzei
By: Shlomo Stern | Director, Moshava Ba’ir New Jersey Parshat Ki-Teitzei In the second Aliya of this week’s Parasha, Parshat Ki-Teitzei, in the first few Pesukim of Perek 22 the Torah teaches us about the positive Mitzvah of Hashavat Aveida, returning a lost item, and the negative commandment of ignoring the opportunity to fulfill this […]
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From Our Mazkira Artzi
In this week’s Parasha, Parshat Shoftim, it begins with the laws pertaining on how to ensure a just legal system without the evils of bribery, corruption, favoritism, etc. In doing so, the Torah says the following words; “Tzedek, Tzedek Tirdof,” “Justice, Justice you shall pursue” (Devarim 16:20). The Torah did not accidentally repeat itself, nor […]