Judgment Means Love by Rabbi Baruch Leff. All of us fear judgment. No one likes to go to traffic court for a violation. Certainly we don’t crave hearing our bosses’ evaluation of our performance. And when we ponder the fact that God looks down upon us and
Read more →“You shall make the Robe of the Ephod entirely of turquoise wool…. You shall make on its hem pomegranates of turquoise, purple, and scarlet wool, on its hem all around, and gold bells between them, all around; a gold bell and a pomegranate, a gold bell and
Read more →The Missing Moses Rabbi Zev Leff Now, if you would, please forgive their sin. If not, You can blot me out from the book that you have written. (Exodus 32:32) Moses’ name is not mentioned explicitly in this Parsha. He is referred to only with the pronoun
Read more →The Parsha begins with HaShem’s instructions to Moshe Rabbeinu with regard to the people who would make the vestments that Aaron, the Kohen Gadol, would wear during his service. “And you shall speak to all the wise-hearted people whom I have invested with a spirit of wisdom, and
Read more →Based on Rav Noah Weinberg You, (Moses) must command the Israelites to bring you clear illuminating oil, made from hand crushed olives, to keep the lam constantly burning. (p.415, line 20) From this day forward, the seven-branched menorah placed in Temple was to become a symbol for
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