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Back to SearchParsha: Shemini - Fires, Foreign and Domestic
Nadav and Avihu were the crown princes of the Jewish nation. These two sons were slated to succeed Moshe and Aaron. Moshe declared, without hyperbole…
2 years, 10 months ago
Parsha: Shemini - Find Your Breach (5781)
The 8th day of the Tabernacle's Inauguration was supposed to be a day of total, exuberant jubilation. The laborious months of preparation were comple…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Secret of the Haggadah with Rabbi Shmuly Botnick
The Pesach Haggadah guides us through the Seder night and the story of the Exodus. But as is always true in our religion, there are secrets and myste…
2 years, 11 months ago
Parshas Shemini (Rebroadcast)
After months of preparation and building, and a week of inauguration, the nation was anticipating the climax of the Tabernacle experience: When God f…
2 years, 11 months ago
Parsha: Tzav - Pure-Bread
On the first day of a Kohein's tenure doing service in the Temple, they bring a once-in-a-lifetime offering: a meal-offering that is almost identical…
2 years, 11 months ago
Ethics: Mishnah (6:6:15)
The oral Torah is vast, comprehensive, and multi-layered. One of its layers is known as Mishnah. What is Mishnah, how was it organized and codified, …
2 years, 11 months ago
Parsha: Tzav – Ashes, Ashes, We all Rise Up (5781)
The beginning of our parsha details the intricate processing of the Olah offerings. The animal is slaughtered, its blood is sprinkled on the Altar wa…
2 years, 11 months ago
Mitzvah: Oil and Frankincense in a Sinner's Meal Offering (#125-6)
A sinner's meal offering is a bit different from a typical meal offering: Oil and Frankincense, integral ingredients in most meal offerings, are omit…
2 years, 11 months ago
Pesach Roundtable at the TORCH Centre
The Festival of Pesach is upon us. For seven days we will eat Matzah and avoid any traces of chometz. We will gather together with our families aroun…
2 years, 11 months ago
Parshas Tzav (Rebroadcast)
In continuation of the themes of last week, Parshas Tzav details the procedures of processing many of the sacrifices enumerated in Parshas Vayikra, t…
2 years, 11 months ago