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TORAHPortion: Tazria-Metzora
By Shlomo Riskin “Then he shall sprinkle [the mixture] seven times upon the person being purified from the tzara’at; he shall purify him and set the live bird free upon… Read more
TORAHPortion: Shmini
By Shlomo Riskin This week’s Torah reading presents an awesome and awful scene of the heights of ecstasy merged with the depth of despair. The desert sanctuary is being dedicated,… Read more
TORAHPortion: Shabbat Chol Hamoed
By Shlomo Riskin The Lord said to Moses, ‘Why do you cry out to me? Speak to the Children of Israel and let them travel’ (Exodus 14:15) The climax of… Read more
Shabbat Hagadol Tzav
By Shlomo Riskin ‘Behold, I send you Elijah the Prophet before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord. And he [Elijah] will turn [back to God]… Read more
TORAHPortion: Vayikra
By Shlomo Riskin If the Jewish state could be revived virtually from the ashes of destruction after 2,000 years, then why hasn’t the Sanhedrin, the great Jewish court of the… Read more
TORAHPortion: Vayakhel Pekudei
By Shlomo Riskin The details of the construction of the Sanctuary together with all of its furnishings and the garments of the Priest-Kohanim are painstakingly and exquisitely described when God… Read more
TORAHPortion: Ki Tisa
By Shlomo Riskin Why does the name of God not appear throughout the Scroll of Esther – unlike all of the other 24 books of the Bible, which feature His… Read more
TORAHPortion: Terumah
By Shlomo Riskin ‘You shall make a menorah out of pure gold… its base, stem… And flowers… and its six branches extending from its sides, three branches on one side… Read more
TORAHPortion: Mishpatim
By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb I have to thank my dear parents, may they rest in peace, for many things. I must especially thank them for having chosen to provide me with… Read more
TORAHPortion: Yitro
By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb She was the daughter of Holocaust survivors, but she was not Jewish. Her parents were Polish citizens who, heroically, and at the risk of their… Read more
