Pirkei Avos: “Endurstanding”
There is a long standing tradition of learning Pirkei Avos on Shabbas afternoons between Pesach and Shavuos. Some attribute this custom to helping prepare for Matan Torah and others simply point to it as a way of making good use of the long extended Shabbos afternoons. Regardless of the etiology, Pirkei Avos represents the most […]
Pirkei Avos: “Endurstanding”
There is a long standing tradition of learning Pirkei Avos on Shabbas afternoons between Pesach and Shavuos. Some attribute this custom to helping prepare for Matan Torah and others simply point to it as a way of making good use of the long extended Shabbos afternoons. Regardless of the etiology, Pirkei Avos represents the most […]
Pirkei Avos: “Endurstanding”
There is a long standing tradition of learning Pirkei Avos on Shabbas afternoons between Pesach and Shavuos. Some attribute this custom to helping prepare for Matan Torah and others simply point to it as a way of making good use of the long extended Shabbos afternoons. Regardless of the etiology, Pirkei Avos represents the most […]
Parshas Shemini – Alle Maalos
At the end of the parsha, summarizing the commandments relating to forbidden foods, the pasuk (11:45) states “Ki ani HaShem hama'aleh eschem…” Rashi comments that in all other instances it says hotzeisi but here it says hama'aleh and quotes from Tana d'Bei Eliyahu that the term ma'aleh implies that this mitzvah itself is a ma'alah, a virtue of its own right, for which B'nei Yisrael merited exodus […]
Parshas Shemini – Alle Maalos
At the end of the parsha, summarizing the commandments relating to forbidden foods, the pasuk (11:45) states “Ki ani HaShem hama’aleh eschem…” Rashi comments that in all other instances it says hotzeisi but here it says hama’aleh and quotes from Tana d’Bei Eliyahu that the term ma’aleh implies that this mitzvah itself is a ma’alah, a virtue of its own right, for which B’nei Yisrael merited exodus […]
Parshas Shemini – Alle Maalos
At the end of the parsha, summarizing the commandments relating to forbidden foods, the pasuk (11:45) states “Ki ani HaShem hama’aleh eschem…” Rashi comments that in all other instances it says hotzeisi but here it says hama’aleh and quotes from Tana d’Bei Eliyahu that the term ma’aleh implies that this mitzvah itself is a ma’alah, a virtue of its own right, for which B’nei Yisrael merited exodus […]
Sivan Rahav-Meir / The Daily Portion / 5 aspects of this Shabbat
1. After conclusion of the Pesach holiday, we return to reading the Torah portion of the week, parashat Shemini, this Shabbat. 2. The parasha describes the inauguration of the Mishkan (sanctuary) and the death of two of the sons of Aharon HaKohen during the festivities. Aharon's laconic reaction to this tragedy, as the grieving father, […]
Sivan Rahav-Meir / The Daily Portion / 5 aspects of this Shabbat
1. After conclusion of the Pesach holiday, we return to reading the Torah portion of the week, parashat Shemini, this Shabbat. 2. The parasha describes the inauguration of the Mishkan (sanctuary) and the death of two of the sons of Aharon HaKohen during the festivities. Aharon’s laconic reaction to this tragedy, as the grieving father, […]
Sivan Rahav-Meir / The Daily Portion / 5 aspects of this Shabbat
1. After conclusion of the Pesach holiday, we return to reading the Torah portion of the week, parashat Shemini, this Shabbat. 2. The parasha describes the inauguration of the Mishkan (sanctuary) and the death of two of the sons of Aharon HaKohen during the festivities. Aharon’s laconic reaction to this tragedy, as the grieving father, […]
Sivan Rahav-Meir / The Daily Portion / Reliving Our Perilous Past On The Way To Building Our Glorious Future
Meir Shalev, noted Israeli writer and political columnist, will be laid to rest tomorrow. Perhaps he will be remembered most for the speech he wrote in 1996 for Ezer Weizman, President of Israel at that time. Weizman delivered the speech before the German Bundestag and excerpts from it, which may serve as “food for the […]
