Pekudei The Lesson of the Vav
Parshat Pekudei Exodus 38:21-40:38 We are living in a much fractured world. A simple verse in parshat Pekudei offers deep insight into...
The Washing of the Hands
Life Lessons from the Torah Portion Parshat Ki Tisa Exodus 30:11-34:35 In honor of the Shabbat Bar Mitzva of Noam Elnatan ben Yonatan...
Empty Spaces
If one loses the ability or the desire to see Hashem working within and without one’s lives, the space becomes void and The people of...
PURE OLIVE OIL
Life Lessons from the Torah Portion There has been an undying fantasy held to by all segments of humanity that there is some secret to a...
Behind the Mask
Parshat Tetzaveh Exodus 27:20-30:10 and PURIM Parshat Tetsave deals with the priestly clothing, vessels for holiness, but clothing - and...
True Leaders and Priestly Garb
True leadership must fulfill the criterion symbolized in the Priestly garments and later declared by Moshe himself. The word for clothing...
Yearning
Life Lessons from the Torah Portion Parshat Terumah Exodus 25:1-27:19 In every soul there is a spark. In every created being there...
Teruma: Made of Acacia Wood
Parshat Terumah Exodus 25:1-27:19 What is the point in stressing the use of acacia wood to build the Holy Ark? Why not pure gold like...
The Infinite within the Finite
The Torah portion of Terumah makes the following declaration: “And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell within them.” (Exodus...
Immersion
Life Lessons from the Torah Portion Parshat Mishpatim Exodus 21:1–24:18 After the awesome and somewhat frightening experience at the...