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Back to SearchParsha: Chukas – Between a Rock and a Watery Place
Parshas Chukas contains some of the most interesting and iconic sections of the Torah. It begins with the mysterious red cow, a blush bovine whose bu…
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Mitzvah: Kohanic Offering Consumption (#102, 134)
Sacrifices are a great mystery to us. We have never seen the Temple in action and we have never witnessed a sacrifice being processed. Yet sacrifices…
3 years, 8 months ago
48 Ways to Wisdom – #5: Awe (6:6:5)
The next way to acquire Torah is with awe. Specifically, awe for a great Torah sage. Why would a Sage inspire awe? Why would this be a method to acqu…
3 years, 8 months ago
Parsha: Parshas Chukas (Rebroadcast)
In this week’s parsha, we read about a highly unusual mitzvah: The Red Heifer, when an entirely red cow is burned together with a motley concoction o…
3 years, 8 months ago
Parsha: Korach – Debating Back to Sinai
Debate and disagreement are part of the human condition. We are all unique and we all see the world differently. It should come as no shock, therefor…
3 years, 8 months ago
Mezuzah: A Deep Dive
The mezuzah that graces the doorposts of every Jewish home is perhaps our most recognizable mitzvah. But what exactly is a mezuzah? What is its power…
3 years, 8 months ago
Ethics: 48 Ways to Wisdom – #4: Process (6:6:4)
What happens when you absorb information? How do you process it? The fourth way to develop wisdom talks about the intuition of the heart. The heart i…
3 years, 8 months ago
Parsha: Parshas Korach (Rebroadcast)
In this week’s parsha, Moshe and Aaron’s first cousin, a man named Korach, launches a rebellion claiming that Moshe is guilty of nepotism in appointi…
3 years, 8 months ago
Parsha: Shelach – Enter Via the Window
One of the most unfortunate events in our history is chronicled in this week’s Parsha. The nation was on the doorstep of entering the Land of Canaan …
3 years, 8 months ago
Mitzvah: Priestly Garments (#99-101)
Visiting the Temple was an experience of a lifetime. The vessels, the holiness, the songs of the Levites, the sacrifices that atone and cleanse, and …
3 years, 8 months ago