The Quiet before the Storm Rabbi Yitzhak Fried is the Rabbi of OTS’s Derech Avot High School for Boys The portion of Tzav starts off with an elaboration of the different korbanot, the sacrifices, already mentioned in the previous portion of Vayikra. The second part of our parsha focuses on the dedication of the mishkan, …
Shabbat Shalom: Parshat Tzav (Leviticus 6:1-8:36) By Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – It has often been said that if an individual were to be incarcerated for his evil thoughts, no one would be living outside of a penitentiary. Jewish law strongly corroborates this piece of conventional wisdom: “Thoughts or emotions (dvarim shebalev) are not of …
Shabbat Hagadol: The Truly Great Day Ilana Goldstein Saks studied at Midreshet Lindenbaum in 1987-88 and again as part of the Bruriah Scholars program from 1993-1996, and she taught there from 1993-2000. She has taught at a number of midrashot and schools in Israel. On the eve of yetziat Mitzraim, the exodus from Egypt, …
Parshat Tzav-Shabbat Hagadol (Leviticus 6:1 – 8:36) By Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – “Behold, I send you Elijah the Prophet before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord. And he [Elijah] will turn [back to God] the hearts of the parents through their children and the hearts of the children through …
Parshat Tzav: Gratitude from Time Immemorial Rabbanit Sally Mayer is the Rosh Midrasha of Midreshet Lindenbaum‘s Maria and Joel Finkle Overseas Program Why does the korban toda – the thanksgiving offering – involve so much bread, which is eaten very hastily; and how does birkat hagomel – the thanksgiving prayer – substitute for it after the Beit …
Shabbat Shalom: Parshat Tzav (Leviticus 6:1-8:36) By Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – “And [Moses] brought near the second ram, the consecration-inauguration ram, and Aaron and his sons leaned their hands upon the head of the ram. And [Moses] slaughtered it” (Lev. 8:22-23) The second part of our portion of Tzav deals with the seven-day induction …
Shabbat Shalom: Parshat Metzora (Leviticus 14:1-15:33) By Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – The Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron saying,“When you come into the Land of Canaan which I give to you as an inheritance and I shall give you the plague of leprosy in the houses of the land of your inheritance.” …