Shabbat Shalom: Chukat / Balak (Numbers 19:1- 25:9) By Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – “I see it but not now; I look at it, but it is not near. A star has stepped forth from Jacob and a scepter-bearer
Shabbat Shalom: Korach (Numbers 16:1 – 18:32) By Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – “And Korah, the son of Yitzhar, the son of Kehat, the son of Levi took Datan and Aviram, the sons of Eliav… and they rose up
Shabbat Shalom: Shelach (Numbers 13:1-15:41) By Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – “And the Lord spoke to Moses saying ‘send forth for yourself men to explore the land of Canaan…” (Numbers 13:1-2) The great sin of humanity was Adam’s disregard
Shabbat Shalom: Beha’alotcha (Numbers 8:1-12:16) By Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – “The nation was ‘kvetching’ evilly in the ears of the Lord, and the Lord heard, and His anger inflamed” (Numbers 11:1) Why is there a marked difference between
Shabbat Shalom: Naso (Numbers 4:21-7:89) By Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – Few passages in the Bible are as well-known as the Priestly Benediction. In Israel, the kohanim (priests) rise to bless the congregation every morning, while in the Diaspora
Shabbat Shalom: Shavuot By Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – Our calendar moves from the spring festivals of Passover and Shavuot to the fall festivals of universal redemption and plenty, a journey in time that parallels a journey in space,
Ohr Torah Stone pre-Shavuot learnathon connects international Jewish community Annual tribute to OTS founder Rabbi Shlomo Riskin to be dedicated this year in memory of Lucy, Maia and Rina Dee z”l. Judah Barkai | May 17, 2023 Now in its
Shabbat Shalom: Bamidbar (Numbers 1:1 – 4:20) By Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – “Count the heads of the entire witness-congregation of Israel” (Numbers 1:2). The Book of Numbers opens with a most optimistic picture of a nation poised for
Shabbat Shalom: Behar-Bechukotai 5783 (Leviticus 25:1-27: 34) By Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – “The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you reside in my land as foreigners and strangers.” (Leviticus 25:23) “You must
Shabbat Shalom: Emor 5783 (Leviticus 21:1-24:23) By Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – “Remove the blasphemer to the outside of the camp” (Leviticus 24:14) Our Biblical portion of Emor concludes with a strange and almost mythical tale of what appears
Shabbat Shalom: Acharei Mot-Kedoshim 5783 (Leviticus 16:1-20:27) By Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – “You must surely instruct your colleague, so that you not bear the brunt of his sin” (Leviticus 19:7). Judaism teaches us that “every Israelite is responsible
Shabbat Shalom: Tazria-Metzora 5783 (Leviticus 12:1-15:33) By Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – “Then he shall sprinkle [the mixture] seven times upon the person being purified from the tzara’at; he shall purify him and set the live bird free upon
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