Parshat Naso 5780

Parshat Naso These were exciting times for the Jewish people. Almost a year has passed, and it was again Rosh Chodesh Nissan, the month in which they left Egypt. So much has happened in such a short time.  First they…

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Shavuot 5780

Shavuot תשפ This coming Friday (starting Thursday at nightfall) and Shabbat, the Jewish people in the diaspora will celebrate the festival of Shavuot. Shavuot, the 6th of Sivan, is the day that the Jewish nation stood at the foot of…

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Bamidbar 5780

Bamidbar תשמ This coming Shabbat we begin reading the Torah’s fourth book, Bamidbar, Numbers, so called because in this book the Jewish people are counted twice. This took place on the first day of Iyar (the second month– Nissan is…

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Behar Bechukotai

Bahar – Bechukotai תשפ In Parshat Bechukotai (the second of the two portions that should be read if there were Shul this week), Hashem promises the Jewish people that if they keep His commandments, they will receive every blessing in…

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