Hew for Yourself – Spiritual DIY

And G-d said to Moshe: “hew for yourself two tablets of stone like the first ones, and I will write on the tablets, those words which were on the first tablets ..

Written by Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag

Safety First

When you take a census of the children of Israel according to their numbers, every man shall give Hashem an atonement for his soul when counting them, so that there ..

Written by Rabbi Chaim Rosen

Parshas Para

This week we read Parshat Parah, The Portion of the cow (Bamidbar 19:1-22). This special portion discusses the laws of the Red Heifer. In order for a person to become ..

Written by Whitefield Times

The Thirteen Attributes of Mercy

Following Hashem’s promise not to destroy the Jewish people, after the sin of the Golden Calf, Moshe requested that Hashem make known to him the qualities ..

Written by Rabbi Zev Leff

Judge Favourably

The Torah states regarding the gathering of gold to make the Golden Calf: “And Aharon (Moses’ brother and the Cohen Gadol, High Priest) said to them, ..

Written by Ben

No Contest

“When you take a census of the Children of Israel according to their numbers, every man shall give Hashem atonement for his soul…” Shemot 30:12 The census ..

Written by N. Kett

Teaching a Lesson

A few years ago, a teacher at a Jewish primary school in Efrat was reciting Shacharit (morning prayers) with the children in her class. She noticed that one of the children ..

Written by Howard Jackson

CHASIDIC INSIGHTS PARSHAS KI SISO 5767 (from 5764) BS

Ch. 30, v. 13: “Machatzis hashekel” – The first mishnoh in Shkolim says that on the first of the month of Ador there is an announcement made to give ..

Written by Zvi Akiva Fleisher