All posts in: Torah-Portion
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4 years ago
Brible Stories
“Korach took…” [1] Korach led a rebellion against Moshe. We have been taught that whilst his followers foolishly sinned, Korach was wise, and instead it was his eyes ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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4 years agoTake2: it takes two…to give
G-d told Moshe to speak to the Children of Israel as follows: “Take for Me donations (for the Tabernacle)” [1]. It is widely noted by the commentaries that it seems ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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4 years agoVideo Vort – Parashas Zachor – Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
Amalek “didn’t fear Hashem” – this is the biggest critique levelled at them? How about the fact they came to annihilate the entire Jewish ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
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4 years ago‘Praysworthy’
Moshe was told to ascend Mount Sinai, where he was to receive “the Torah and the commandment” [1]. The simple understanding is that even though the word “commandment” ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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4 years agoWhy would you give the sheep to the dog who failed to protect it?
And you must not eat flesh of a mutilated animal in the field; throw it to the dogs (22:30) The verse tells us that if there is a mutilated animal among the flock, ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
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4 years agoYisro – Shofar So Good
At the giving of the Torah “the sound of the shofar was very loud… it went and became very loud” [1]. But the shofar was already loud! Besides which, the shofar ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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5 years agoLife after Death
Before Moshe our leader passes away (‘samoch l’misaso’), he blesses the Children of Israel [1]. The issue has been raised as to why Moshe waited until he blessed ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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5 years agoTRUE VALUE
עשו sold the בכורה for a pot of lentils. The question is very obvious: How can יעקב buy “רוחניות “for a pot of soup?! A איד came ..
Written by SHIMON KAPLIN
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5 years agoA View From Above
And it was on the third day while they (the People of Shechem) were in pain that two of Yaakov’s sons — Shimon and Levi — Dina’s brothers, each took his sword ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
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5 years agoThe only esrog in town!
And Avraham took . . . the souls that they made in Charan . . . (12:5) The Medrash relates that the “souls that they made” are referring to the people that Avraham ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
