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5785 Parshat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim Dvar Torah by Rabbi Mendy Eisenberg
May
2025
There is a line in a
passuk
in this week’s
parsha
Parshat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim
—in which a strange commandment is given. In Vayikra 19:14, the
passuk
says, “ …וְלִפְנֵ֣י עִוֵּ֔ר לֹ֥א תִתֵּ֖ן מִכְשֹׁ֑ל…” “
and before the blind, don’t give a stumbling block
.” The confusion...
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5785 Parshat Shemini Dvar Torah by Tzipora Ross
Apr
24
2025
This week’s
parsha
begins with the words, "ויהי ביום השמיני", "It was on the eighth day" (Vayikra 9:1). As the eighth graders studied earlier this year, Rashi tells us this passage refers to the eighth day of the inauguration of the Mishkan, which fell on the first day of Nissan. For the seven previous days, Moshe...
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5785 Parshat Tzav Dvar Torah by Rabbi Mendy Eisenberg
Apr
10
2025
As we are now up to
Parshat Tzav
, a
parsha
that primarily discusses offerings—a topic that can seem to be totally unrelated to our lives—it can be easy to just overlook the
parsha
in favor of addressing the elephant in the room, Pesach, which begins this
motza'ei shabbos
, but...
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5785 Parshat Vayikra Dvar Torah by Nachum Lerner
Apr
2025
This week we will read
Parshat Vayikra
, the beginning of the book of the Torah dedicated to the
korbanot
, or sacrifices, offered to Hashem in ancient times. The idea of offering sacrifices might seem hard for us to relate to, as it is so different from the way that we worship today. But it is important to remember what the real...
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5785 Parshat Pekudei Dvar Torah by Ms. Tamar Teller
Mar
27
2025
In this week’s
parasha
, after the Jewish people did everything they were supposed to do regarding the Mishkan, Moshe Rabbeinu gave them a "Thank you." Rabbi Frand quotes the Reishe Rav, who questions why
Bnei Yisrael
were deserving of any compliments. After all, what they did was not a voluntary...
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