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Parshat Behaaloscha 5779
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in this week's parsha the laws regarding the years of service of the Levi'im. The Torah tells us that a Levi starts learning the Avodah from the age of twenty-five and then begins work at age thirty. This continues for twenty years until he reaches the age of fifty, at which point he stops w Read more...
Parshat Shelach 5779
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in this week's parsha after the sin of the Meraglim, the mitzvah of separating Challah. This mitzvah was commanded to be kept upon entering Eretz Yisrael. The question is raised as to the reason for the timing of this mitzvah so soon after the sin of the Meraglim. While it is clear that teac Read more...
Parshat Korach 5779
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in the beginning of this week’s parsha the initial statement of rebellion by Korach and his people, where he accuses Moshe Rabbeinu of asserting authority over Bnei Yisrael. Moshe initially responds Boker V’Yoda Hashem es Asher Lo, in the morning Hashem will indicate who it is th Read more...
Parshat Chukas 5779
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read towards the end of this week's parsha that Bnei Yisrael sang about the wonders of the Be'er. This was the miraculous spring which accompanied them throughout their sojourn in the desert and provided them with water. Rashi makes mention of this Be'er earlier in the parsha as being in the meri Read more...
