The first of this week’s double portion is called Behar. Meaning “at the mountain”, it refers to Har Sinai, the mountain characterised for its transparent humility, where we received the Torah. Immediately after Hashem’s awesome revelation at Sinai, Moshe climbed…
Chapter 23 Pasuk 34 “Speak to the Bnei Yisrael saying on the 15th day of this 7th month it will be Chag Hasukot seven days for Hashem”. Interestingly, both our Pasuk here and Pasuk 27 which discusses Yom Kippur mention this 7th month, whereas it…
The story is told about a man that didn’t believe in free will. After 120 years he went up to heaven and was met with two paths in front of him. The first had a sign saying “Believers in predestination”…
There is yet another election looming. But the prestigious and bipartisan Institute for Fiscal Studies, upon its analysis of the political parties’ manifestos, concluded that the electorate was still “in the dark” as to what they were actually offering. Party…
A cruel husband once approached his wife and told her “I’m the boss and you’re nothing.” She instantly replied, “Well I guess then… that makes you the boss of nothing!” How much wisdom was captured in those few lines and…
In this week’s Parasha we learn about the Metzora – a person who is afflicted and cast out of the camp because of the sin of slander. The Midrash explains that the word Metzora can be read Motsi Shem Ra…
The Torah states that the punishment for speaking lashon hara (slander) is for that individual to be removed to outside the camp and be left alone. Rashi is troubled with a simple question. We know that Hashem does all judgement…
