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Parshat Shemini 5780
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in this week's parsha the mitzvah of eating only pure animals and refraining from those which are impure. The Torah begins this section with the words (Chapter 11, Pasuk 2), Zos Hachayah Asher Tochlu, these are the animals which you shall eat. And the very next words the Torah brings are, Me Read more...
Parshat Tazria Metzora 5780
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in the end of the second of our parshiyot this week (Chapter 15, Pasuk 31), V'Hizartem es Bnei Yisrael M'Tumasam V'Lo Yamusu B'Tumasam B'Tamam es Mishkani Asher Besocham. The Torah warns us to separate from impurity, and to be careful not to enter the Mikdash in a state of Tumah. Rashi expla Read more...
Parshat Acharei Mos Kedoshim 5780
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in the first of this week's parshiyot (Chapter 18, Pasuk 3), K'Ma'aseh Eretz Mitzrayim Asher Yeshavtem Bah Lo Sa'asu. The Torah warns us to not act in the ways of Egypt. Rashi teaches that the culture of the Egyptians was particularly depraved. And since we lived in their land, we are more s Read more...
Parshat Emor 5780
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in this week's parsha the mitzvah of Lechem Ha'Panim. These were the twelve loaves on the Shulchan in the Beis Hamikdash which were distributed among the Kohanim every Shabbos. Rashi explains in parshat Terumah (Chapter 25, Pasuk 29) that the vessel which the bread sat upon were open from th Read more...
