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Parshat Kedoshim 5782
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in the beginning of this week’s parsha (Chapter 19, Pasuk 2), קדושים תהיו כי קדוש אני ד' אלוקיכם. Rashi teaches that the way to fulfill the Torah’s command of being holy is to separate from illicit relationships and adds, שכל מקום שאתה מוצ Read more...
Parshat Shemini 5784
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in this week’s parsha the mitzvah of eating pure or kosher animals. The pasuk reads at the beginning of this section (Chapter 11, Pasuk 2), דברו אל בני ישראל לאמר זאת החיה אשר תאכלו; this is the animal you shall eat. Rashi comments that the word for ani Read more...
Parshat Tzav 5784
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in the beginning of this week’s parsha about the Karban Olah. The Olah is a sacrifice which is totally burned on the Mizbeach. The Ibn Ezra explains that this is the reason it is called an Olah; the sacrifice goes up in its entirety. The Medrash Rabbah (7,3) and the Zohar Hakadosh on Read more...
Parshat Behar Bechukosai 5783
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in the beginning of the first of this week’s parshiyot about the mitzvah of Shemittah. We read in the first pasuk, וידבר ד' אל משה בהר סיני לאמר. The Torah introduces the mitzvah of Shemittah as having been given at Har Sinai. Rashi brings the famous words of Chaz Read more...
