All posts in: Kedoshim
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7 months agoAnd you shall love your friend like yourself
וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹך And you shall love your friend like yourself (19:18) The Mitzvah to love someone else as one loves oneself ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
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7 months agoTake Action!
אִישׁ אִמּוֹ וְאָבִיו תִּירָאוּ . . . Every man shall revere his mother and his father. . . (19:3) Explaining these words, the Gemora ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
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7 months agoReach for the Stars; Potential
There is a fascinating and dazzling midrash on the second pasuk of our sedra. The pasuk relates HaShem’s command to Moshe to tell the Bnei Yisrael that ‘they ..
Written by d fine
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7 months agoLove Thy Neighbour as yourself ?
And you shall love your neighbour like yourself, I am G-d. (Vayikra 19;18) The commandment to have love for fellow human beings is one of Judaism’s most famous ..
Written by Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag
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9 months ago
a bit of effort and a lot of help gives maximum result
The pasuk in our sedra says (20;8) ‘You shall observe My decrees and perform them – I am HaShem Who sanctifies you.’ What has the last part of the pasuk ..
Written by d fine
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9 months ago
the unknown reason for shatnez
Our sedra sees the Torah forbidding the wearing of a garment which has a mixture of wool and linen (19;19). The midrash gives an interesting hint/reason for the root ..
Written by d fine
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9 months ago
Love Your Neighbour As You Love Yourself I AM HASHEM
“And you shall love your neighbour as you love yourself, I am HaShem” There are so many questions we can ask on this line in Parshas Kedoshim but I’d like ..
Written by Moshe Kormornick
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9 months ago
Kedoshim; prisha
Kedoshim; Prisha: The opening 2nd pasuk of this week’s sedra goes a bit like “…you shall be holy (kedoshim) for I, HaShem your God Am Holy.” (19;2). A basic ..
Written by D Fine
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9 months ago
Fear your parents, and picture them standing before you!
Ohr Hachaim says that when one is overcome by impure thoughts and his Yetzer HaRa (Evil impulse) threatens to entice him to sin, there is one powerful preventive ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
