Parshat Vayikra Shabbat Zachor When, over the years, I had the privilege—and the challenge—of teaching this 15th perek of sefer Shmuel Aleph to young students,
There was once a drought in the Land of Israel. The people turned to the saintly Choni Hamagal and asked him to pray for rain.
The korban todah, Thanksgiving offering, is basically a shelamim, a peace offering. But unlike any other shelamim it is brought with four different types of
Last week, I explained why arguments supporting Mt. Sinai being in Saudi Arabia aren’t convincing, and gave a reason why it’s unlikely to be there.
Rabbi Yitzchak of Migdal (רִבִּי יִצחָק מִגְּדָּלָאה) is a real person! He was a first-generation amora of the Land of Israel. In Shabbat 139a, Rabbi
The Book of Shemot ends on a high note. The Mishkan is completed and is filled with the Presence of God. Before we move forward,
I. Amalek Today With the October 7 Hamas attacks and the subsequent war, many have discussed the concept of the timeless war against Amalek. Amalek
Among the various types of korbanot (sacrifices), is the Korban Mincha (meal-offering), as the pasuk in our parsha says, “When a ‘nefesh’ offers a Korban
Lt. Com. Amishar Ben-David, HY”D fell in combat in Gaza. During the shiva, his family received a condolence visit from a unique visitor, Ido Yogev.
The Talmud was written, organized and compiled in a different era, but many of its lessons are timeless. Many of its examples may seem inapplicable
HaGaon HaRav Yitzchok Ezrachi and HaGaon HaRav Raphael Abuchatzeira address massive united gathering of Mexico Torah observant community. “What a special maamad of kavod haTorah!
A big lesson of Purim is that sometimes things that seem bad are really God’s hidden ways of giving us something good. In the Megillah,
