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Mar 23, 20233 min read

Shabbat Vayikra

Sacrifices by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen At this time of the year the Torah readings are all to do with sacrifices. I shall confess that the...

Mar 17, 20238 min read

Parshiyot Vayekhel Pekudei - Parashat HaChodesh

Donations to the Mishkan and the Bet HaMikdash are collateral for our sins From the teachings of Maran Rabbeinu Ovadia Yosef ztvk”l....

Mar 17, 20234 min read

Same Old Story

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen I never cease to be amazed at how certain themes of Jewish history keep on repeating themselves. Purim was the...

Mar 16, 20233 min read

Shabbat Vayakhel Pekudei

Exodus 35-40:38 - Repetition is Good by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen It is an interesting phenomenon that the major events of the Torah that play a...

Mar 13, 20236 min read

Flour for Pesach

Maran Ha’Shulchan Aruch begins Hilchot Pesach by saying: “We begin to inquire about the laws of Pesach thirty days before Pesach.” The...

Mar 10, 20234 min read

Don’t Kiss!

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Here is a hilarious if sacrilegious clip, in the spirit of Purim, from over five years ago when no one had even...

Mar 9, 20234 min read

The Holiday of Pesach - 5783

Preparations for Pesach Start Now The entire Jewish nation customarily cleans their houses well for Pesach so as not to encounter the...

Mar 9, 20234 min read

Shabbat Ki Tisa

Exodus 30:11-34:35 - What Does God Look Like? by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen The dominant theme of the Torah this Shabbat is the episode of the...

Mar 6, 20234 min read

The Fast of Esther

Today is the public fast day known as the “Fast of Esther” and it is customary among the entire Jewish nation to fast on this day In the...

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