What Lies in How We Dress?
Parshas Tezave talks about the components of the building of the Mishkan. Parshas Tezave moves on and discusses the special garments worn by the Kohanim, the people who served in the Mishkan. Why did they need special garments? Why not…
ARUR HAMAN, BARUCH MORDECHAI
One of the central themes on this strange yet powerful day of Purim is the seeming strange mitzvah Derabanan of becoming intoxicated. To explain-away the mitzvah as an opportunity to ‘let loose’ for one day a year, seems to rob…
DIVINE RETURN ON INVESTMENT
In this week’s parashah, Hashem commands Moshe to gather “all the wise-hearted people whom I have invested with a spirit of wisdom” to make the priestly garments (Exodus 28:1). But the Torah is unclear. Were these select people Divinely ordained…
Where are you from?
It’s the middle of the coldest January in 50 years. Two friends are sitting in a bar in Saskatchewan – Canada, arguing over their vacation plans. Today is the beginning of their holidays, and they still haven’t decided where they’re…
WHAT LIES IN HOW WE DRESS?
Parshas Tezave talks about the components of the building of the Mishkan. Parshas Tezave moves on and discusses the special garments worn by the Kohanim, the people who served in the Mishkan. Why did they need special garments? Why not…
What are you wearing today?
A recent article featuring celebrities without make up went viral. Many of their ‘real’ faces were not recognised by followers. Society nowadays seems to put so much emphasis on beauty and looks. Is this also a Jewish view? In this…
