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Shemini – Eighth Time’s The Charm
Assembling and disassembling the Tabernacle was a difficult task that Moshe repeated for seven days. Each morning he placed the vertical beams into their silver sockets, and affixed the golden rings …
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Shemini – Fires, Foreign and Domestic (5783)
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, that his two nephews, Nadav and Avihu, were grea…
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks 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 finally rested His Presence upon the people’s handi…
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Tzav – Conceal the Deal
A top of the altar were fires that were never extinguished for hundreds of years. What was the nature of these fires? What were they made up of? How are they different than other fires? When we exami…
Published on 8 months ago
Tzav – Pure-Bread (5783)
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 to the daily meal-offering offered by the High Pr…
Published on 8 months, 1 week 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, teaches us about new sacrifices, and we read about …
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
Vayikra – Mind of a Thousand Men
The Book of Leviticus begins with sacrifices. We read about the multiple types of elevation sacrifices, meal offerings, peace offerings, sin offerings, etc. None of us would imagine that this Torah s…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
Vayikra: Five-Course Meal Offering with Rabbi Dovid Biron (5783)
We begin the Book of Leviticus with a Parsha Podcast treat: I invited my friend and study partner Rabbi Dovid Biron to guest host this week’s episode. He did not disappoint. In this podcast we learn …
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Parshas Vayikra (Rebroadcast)
In Parshas Vayikra, the first Torah section in The Book of Leviticus, we learn about the processes and procedures of many different varieties of sacrifices: There are three different types of elevati…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Pekudei – Zero to Won
After four Parshas, the Tabernacle is finally finished this week. Before the Tabernacle is erected though, Moshe provides an audit for all the gold, silver, and copper that was raised for the Taberna…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago