power of wine and why hold back…

Parshas Naso; Nazir, Sotah, and Wine : This week’s sedra of Nasso starts with the counting of parts of the Leviim (perek 4), then moves swiftly on to small parts ..

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Men are from Yerushalayim and Women are from Bnei Brak!

      Towards half-time in our sedra we find the portion of the Sotah; the unfaithful wife. Basically, the Sotah process occurs if her husband suspects ..

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a short idea about a nazir; is he holy or a sinner?

    In the psukim of nazir, the nazir is called a ‘choteh’ (hence brings a sin offering; for he is over-abstaining on muttar things) yet he is also ..

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Nazir is for life not just for Nezirus!!

When a person makes the vow to become a nazir he/she is assur from wine and becoming Tamei Mes, amongst other things. When he finishes his Nezirus the possuk says ..

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Nasso and Shavuos

      NASSO AND SHAVUOS – THE FREEDOM OF TORAH By Yehonasan Gefen : The parsha discusses the mitzva of Nezirus, whereby a person takes a vow to abstain ..

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We are all equals with individual greatness!!

      The Torah goes to great length to repeat the Kobanos of each Nasi. It would have been much shorter to just write it once and then say that all the Nisi’im ..

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When exactly was our marriage to HaShem?

Just before the marathon description of the princes’ korbanos at the inauguration of the Mishkan, the pasuk says (7:1) ‘and it was on the day that Moshe finished ..

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