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Parashat Tetzaveh 5768 Parashat Tetzaveh: Where are the Vessels of the Beit Ha-Mikdash (Temple) Today? “Who wants to live?” Text Message Responsa Stories of Rabbenu – Our Rabbi: Ha-Rav Tzvi Yehudah...

“Rav Huna bar Yehuda said in the name of Rebbe Ami: A person should complete the portion together with the community, twice Scripture and once targum, and even ‘Atarot and Dibon’...

The Coming Week’s Daf Yomi by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz This essay is based upon the insights and chidushim (original ideas) of Talmudic scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, as published in the Hebrew...

BS”D Parshat Terumah 5768 We know that Moshe built the Mishkan, and that Shlomo HaMelech built the first Bet HaMikdash, and Ezra the Scribe built the second Bet HaMikdash, but who will...

As Jews, we believe that every component of our existence is a gift. We are not entitled – rather we are endowed. To paraphrase the Department of Motor Vehicles: “Life is...

Parashat Terumah 5768 Divorcees are just as valuable, if not more so Be Slim! Text Message Responsa Stories of Rabbenu – Our Rabbi: Ha-Rav Tzvi Yehudah Ha-Cohain Kook – Herzl’s picture...

View pdf – Parashat Terumah 5768 In this week’s parsha, Hashem commands the Bnei Yisrael to build the mishkan, to serve as a resting place for His Shechinah. While discussing this...

We learn in the Mishna that a person should be prompt to greet others: “Rebbe Matia ben Charash says, be first to greet all people” (Avot 4:16)....

The Coming Week’s Daf Yomi by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz This essay is based upon the insights and chidushim (original ideas) of Talmudic scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, as published in the Hebrew...

The Creator chose to begin the halachic code of the Written Torah with matters pertaining to the master-slave relationship. This was done, I believe, because Jews having just undergone two centuries...