Though Hashem controls the world and decrees human suffering (as we saw in previous pieces), humanity is its cause.   All Good The Torah’s very

The guidelines surrounding the Mishkan, korbanot and rituals were repeated twice. The first round of instructions, in parshat Vayikra, was directed to the rank and

This week, we read Parshas Parah. Rav Moshe Wolfson says it is the last parsha of the Hebrew months of the year, since Shabbos ushers

Our Sages relate that the Torah is concerned with the money of the Jewish people (Rosh Hashanah 27a). I feel that this is readily apparent

Sefer Vayikra opens with God calling Moshe from the Mishkan (Vayikra 1:1), and telling him to speak to the Children of Israel (1:2) about the

Shabbat Parah Parshat Tzav The primary theme of the special haftarah we read for this Shabbat Parah is that of Hashem’s promise of the future

The section of the Torah we read as Maftir this Shabbat—Parshat Parah—has baffled scholars and commentators for all of our history. Taken from the parsha

The Torah sometimes employs repetitive language, for instance הֹוכֵ֤חַ תֹּוכִ֨יחַ֙ (“You shall surely rebuke,”) and אִם־שָׁמ֨וֹעַ תִּשְׁמַ֜ע (“If you diligently hearken to Hashem’s voice,”). This

When a sofer writes a new sefer Torah, he must copy it from a very special and correct Torah or a special tikun. This is

צַו אֶת אַהֲרֹן וְאֶת בָּנָיו לֵאמֹר זֹאת תּוֹרַת הָעֹלָה הִוא הָעֹלָה עַל מוֹקְדָה עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ כָּל הַלַּיְלָה עַד הַבֹּקֶר וְאֵשׁ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ תּוּקַד בּוֹ Command Aharon

לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: I understand that if one eats a sufficient amount of food whose bracha is Mezonot,

Throughout the Tanach there are numerous examples of the pain caused by children and of things seemingly going inextricably wrong. The Avos, our forefathers, all