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After going over the ritual of the service to be done in the Tabernacle and later the Temple, the Torah states that in order to be holy you have to follow the ethical and moral laws.

This week we read how the High Priest was responsible for the spiritual well-being of the Jewish people. If he does his job correctly then we will not sin, even accidentally.

The most quoted book at the American Constitutional Convention was the Book of Deuteronomy. And it was the influence of the American Constitution that Israel became a state.

Today we celebrate Israel Independence Day. One of the things that people do not realize is that instead of crying about our situation and the effects of Antisemitism, we got up and built a state.

Today is Memorial Day in Israel. Today we honor the brave young men and women who gave their lives for the State of Israel.

King Solomon chose an orphan to be the architect of the First Temple because he was the best. This teaches us that our lineage doesn’t matter as much as our accomplishments.

It is no accident that the festivals that Israel Independence Day and Jerusalem Day are both in the month of Iyar. It is during that month that we mourn the loss of the Bar-Kochba revolt. This is God saying the redemption begins here.

Morality that is not based on the Bible is flawed. We can reason a lot but sometimes our reasoning leads us down a dark path and allows us to commit horrendous acts.

Just because someone has a lot of degrees does not mean that they have wisdom. They usually show their lack of wisdom when they take evidence and come to the wrong conclusions

Today is Holocaust Remembrance in Israel. It is one week before Israel Independence Day. It is not an accident but shows that, even though we suffered the destruction of European Jewry, we got up and continued our mission.