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Back to SearchParshas Mattos & Masei (Rebroadcast)
This year, the Book of Numbers ends with a double parsha – Mattos and Masei. We learn about the laws of vows and oaths; the miraculous war with Midia…
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Parsha: Pinchas - Sons of Anarchist
Korach's rebellion claimed many victims: Some of the perpetrators were swallowed up in a miraculous sinkhole; some were consumed by a divine fire; an…
3 years ago
Exploring the Ohr Hachaim Torah Commentary with Rabbi Shmuly Botnick
The 18th century commentary on the Torah, Ohr HaChaim, is one of the most unique, ingenious, and sprawling works in the Jewish library. In this speci…
3 years ago
Parsha: Pinchas - Eternal Promotion (5781)
Over the course of the 40 years since the Exodus, the Nation was lead by Moshe and Aaron, the King and High Priest respectively. In our Parsha, succe…
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Mitzvah: Definite Guilt Offering (#129)
Unlike the previous mitzvah that required a sacrifice for an uncertain violation, in this mitzvah, we learn about a guilt offering for someone who de…
3 years ago
Parshas Pinchas (Rebroadcast)
Pinchas was a man of action, a zealot who avenged God’s vengeance and was handsomely rewarded for it. In this parsha we read about his reward, Moses’…
3 years ago
Parsha: Chukas & Balak - Methods of Transformation
In the first of this week's double parsha, we read about the death of two giants: Miriam and Aaron, Moshe's older sister and brother, pass away. Our …
3 years ago
Parsha: Balak - Some Men Are From Mars (5781)
Our parsha contains an attempted genocide. Bilaam, the prophet of the idolaters, a man of prodigious ability an skill, dedicates himself with tenacit…
3 years ago
Parsha: Chukas - Inglorious Origins (5781)
The red cow is the Torah's most mysterious mitzvah. We are told to take a completely red cow and slaughter it, and burn it's body together with a con…
3 years ago
TORAH 101: Indications of the Messianic Era
The world will undergo immense changes in the times of Messiah. Those changes will be so transformative and so comprehensive that our current world a…
3 years ago