Shabbat Zachor This Shabbat is the Shabbat before Purim and therefore we read a special Maftir. This reading is found in Deuteronomy 25:17-19 and focuses on Amalek the enemy of the Jewish people. Amalek is … Read More
Shabbat Sh’kalim
בס”ד Shabbat Sh’kalim The next few weeks are special in regard to what is read in the synagogue. Although the normal weekly Torah portions continue to be read, the Maftir is altered to reflect the … Read More
Parashat Vayakhel
בס”ד Parashat Vayakhel In this week’s Torah portion special attention is given to the various vessels that were in the Tabernacle and later in the Temple. There is one which I would like to emphasize … Read More
Parashat Ki Tisa
בס”ד Parashat Ki Tisa The Bible teaches that G-d is the same yesterday, today, and forever. The fact that He does not change is an important truth. In this week’s Torah portion HaShem states the … Read More
Parashat Tetzaveh
בס”ד Parashat Tetzaveh This week’s Torah portion deals almost exclusively with the levitical priests and their vestments. In this brief study we will deal with only one of the vestments called the head-plate. This head-plate … Read More
Parashat Terumah
בס”ד Parashat Terumah A famous rabbinical commentator from Italy was Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno. He lived from 1475-1550. He was well known for his interpretations of the Hebrew Bible. He had some interesting views concerning … Read More
Parashat Mishpatim
בס”ד Parashat Mishpatim In this week’s Torah portion, we learn about hearing from G-d in a personal manner. When one studies the Bible, there is what theologians call “general revelation” that is, instruction that G-d … Read More
Hear My Heart
Hear My Heart. In one of the most famous teachings of our Messiah, the “sermon on the mount”, He stops in the middle of charging His followers with the different instructions of life and changes … Read More
The Festival of Booths
One only needs to read Zechariah 14 to know that the feast of Tabernacles has a strong connection to the Kingdom of G-d. We are told that all the nations of the earth must come … Read More
Yom Kippur – The Day of Atonement
The Hebrew word for atonement, “kippur”, means to cover, make atonement, and make reconciliation. What needed to be covered? The hurt caused by the people of Israel’s sin. Who needed to be reconciled? The people … Read More