פרשת תזריע / כ”ט באדר ב’ תשפ”ב
In the Jewish year Nisan is the 1st month & Tishri is the 7th. But the “Jewish New Year” is in Tishri. The truth is that Nisan is month when the Jewish people came into being and Tishri is the anniversary of the Creation of the world.
פרשת תזריע / כ”ח באדר ב’ תשפ”ב
This week’s Parsha starts with the commandments concerning childbirth. It stresses the necessity of giving a Jewish baby boy a Brit Milah. At the Brit Milah we traditionally say that he is small now, soon he will be big and should be big in Torah and good deeds.
פרשת תזריע / כ”ז באדר ב’ תשפ”ב
In Parshat HaHodesh the first thing that the Torah states is the Korban Pesach (The Pascal Sacrifice). This was to get the Jews to look at Egyptian society as not only foreign but as dangerous to their spiritual well being as a nation.
פרשת תזריע / כ”ו באדר ב’ תשפ”ב
The power of speech can be greater than we think. When we say bad things about people the damage can cause actions that are beyond anything we could imagine. That’s why the Torah states we should nip it in the bud as soon as possible.
פרשת תזריע / כ”ה באדר ב’ תשפ”ב
This Shabbat is also Parshat HaHodesh. We celebrate the month of Nisan as the first month of the Jewish year. This is the beginning of our freedom and taking our fate into our own hands.
פרשת תזריע / ע”ד באדר ב’ תשפ”ב
The Torah states that there is a disease that requires a priest to determine its nature and that the cure is quarantine. The problem is that the priest is not a medical doctor. The Torah is talking about the disease of malicious gossip. And the cure is to remove the gossiper from society.
פרשת שמינ / כ”ב באדר ב’ תשפ”ב
What was the strange fire that Nadav & Avihu brought to the Altar? One answer is that they thought themselves unprepared to approach the Altar so they drank some alcohol to numb themselves. They were the strange fire. They did not prepare properly.
פרשת שמיני / כ”א באדר ב’ תשפ”ב
The fact that a priest working in the Tabernacle was forbidden to drink before starting his service means to tell us that we should not take our ritual lightly. They are an example to the people coming to the Tabernacle and should behave as such.
פרשת שמיני / כ’ באדר ב’ תשפ”ב
The pig has cloven hooves but does not chew its cud, thus it is not kosher. It is the only animal that is so. For this reason it is the ultimate symbol of hypocrisy. Do as I say, not as I do. Also, a pig will eat anything unlike other animals who do have limits.
פרשת שמיני / י”ט באדר ב’ תשפ”ב
The word inquire is repeated twice in this week’s parsha. They appear right in the middle. Equal distant from the beginning to end, This is to tell us that God does not want robots but he wants us to think and ask.