Rabbi’s Blog

Dear Friends, This week’s parsha has one of the largest number of commandments that appears in any one section of the Torah. One question that has challenged Judaism throughout the […]

Dear Friends, In the haftarah for Parshat Metzora (which we won’t be reading this year due to Shabbat Hagadol), we usually read the fascinating story of the four metzora’im (lepers) who […]

Dear Friends, This week’s Parsha deals primarily with Tzara’at, a spiritual ailment in the form of leprosy, a physical blemish found on the body, clothing, or the house’s walls, diagnosed […]

Dear Friends, In this week’s Parsha, we read the section that deals with the dietary laws based on specific anatomical features. The Torah outlines which animals, birds, and fish are […]

Dear Friends, The following are some halachot that you should be aware of as we approach the Festival of Purim. Shabbat Zachor This week the Shabbat that precedes Purim, besides the regular weekly […]

Dear Friends, Over the next few parshiyot up until the end of the book of Shemot, the Torah discusses the building of the Mishkan and the vessels. Rashi (Shemot 38:22), […]