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Parshat Behar 5784
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in this week’s parsha the prohibition against selling land in Eretz Yisrael permanently. The pasuk says (Chapter 25, Pasuk 23), והארץ לא תמכר לצמתת כי לי הארץ כי גרים ותושבים אתם עמדי. The land shall be not be sold permanently for the land is Read more...
Parshat Bechukosai 5784
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in the beginning of this week’s parsha the reward for keeping the mitzvos of the Torah. The Torah speaks of rain in its time and plentiful bounty. While discussing the promised abundance, the pasuk reads (Chapter 26, Pasuk 4), ועץ השדה יתן פריו; the trees of the field sha Read more...
Parshat Acharei Mos Kedoshim 5785
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in the first of this week’s parshiyot about the Avodah of Yom HaKippurim. The pasuk teaches (Chapter 16, Pasuk 2), ואל יבא בכל עת אל הקודש מבית לפרכת; Aharon was commanded not to enter the Kodesh Hakadashim any time he wished. The Gemara in Menachos 27B teach Read more...
Parshat Behar Bechukosai 5785
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in the first of this week’s parshiyot, parshat Behar, about the mitzvah of Shemittah. The Medrash Rabbah on the parsha begins by quoting the pasuk in Mishlei (Chapter 18, Pasuk 21), מות וחיים ביד הלשון; life and death are in the hands of one’s tongue. The tongue i Read more...
