Archive for March, 2024
Stand Up For God
Monday, March 18th, 2024When Jews stand up for their rights they achieve them. When they don’t then they are mistreated. This is the lesson of Purim and Jewish history. Share on Facebook
Leadership is Not Inherited
Wednesday, March 13th, 2024While we know about Aaron’s sons and grandsons, we do not know about Moses’s sons and grandsons. This is to teach that leadership is not inherited but achieved through merit. Share on Facebook
Praise Doing the Right Thing
Tuesday, March 12th, 2024The Torah goes out of it way to praise Betzalel and Oholiab for their contributions and talents. This is to teach us to praise those who do the right thing and encourage others to emulate them. Share on Facebook
God Will Be Our Salvation
Monday, March 11th, 2024In the Book of Esther we read that When Esther points out that she would be placing herself in danger to bring the plight of the Jews before the king, Mordechai points out that God is in charge. Share on Facebook
No Flour, No Torah
Friday, March 8th, 2024While the Tabernacle had a spiritual mission, it was a physical building. As such money was needed for the building and maintenance of the Tabernacle. This is why we say, without flour there is no Torah. Share on Facebook
The True Nature of Idolatry
Thursday, March 7th, 2024The goal of the Torah is to teach us ethical monotheism. That we worship an ethical and moral God Who wants to be ethical and moral. Share on Facebook
Fire & Creation
Wednesday, March 6th, 2024The prohibition of the creation of fire on Shabbat is to remember that God created the world & that fire is one of the few acts that we humans do that shows our uniqueness. Share on Facebook
The Importance of Keeping Shabbat
Tuesday, March 5th, 2024The Torah keeps reminding us of the importance of keeping the Shabbat. That Shabbat overrides the building of the Tabernacle. That is to remind us that more than the Jews have kept Shabbat, the Shabbat has kept the Jews. Share on Facebook
Give What You Can
Monday, March 4th, 2024Moses called for donations to the building of the Tabernacle. The Jews gave so much that he had to ask them to stop giving. This is the nature of a truly religious people. When asked to give, they give. Share on Facebook
We Are God’s Vessels
Friday, March 1st, 2024The reason that the Jews built the Golden Calf was that they thought that without Moses that they would not have been redeemed. The lesson is that our leaders are vessels for God. They succeed when they do what God expects. Share on Facebook
About the Author: Shlomo Bar-Ayal is an Israeli-American, or an American-Israeli (I could never get that right) who is unabashedly pro-Israel, pro-US and a great guy.
He has an open mind to opinions that he agrees with.
Besides blogging on whatever he feels like blogging about on any given day he enjoys learning Talmud, davening, being the candyman in his synagogue, smoking his tobacco pipe, giving tours at the Grand Lodge of New York, being involved in Freemasonry, and partaking in an adult beverage every now and then