Acharei Mot -Kedoshim 5781
Acharei Mot -Kedoshim תשפא This coming Shabbath we will read the two Torah portions of אחרי מות and קדושים. In the second portion, Kedoshim, the Torah adjures us (Leviticus 19:18): (יח) לֹא תִקֹּם וְלֹא תִטֹּר אֶת בְּנֵי עַמֶּךָ וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ…
You think you’re slowing down?
Acharei-Mot Kedoshim 5780
On our most recent vacation, our family went on a trip from the dining room to the living room. We weren’t able to get a direct flight, so instead we had to go the long route, with a short stopover…
Acharei Mot – Kedoshim
Acharei Mot – Kedoshim תשפ This week (if shul were open!), we would read a double portion, Acharei Mot and Kedoshim. The third verse in Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:3) tells us: (ג) אִישׁ אִמּוֹ וְאָבִיו תִּירָאוּ וְאֶת שַׁבְּתֹתַי תִּשְׁמֹרוּ אֲנִי יְדֹוָד…
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Parshat Achrei Mot 5779
Dairy cows are prodigious producers. You pump about one hundred pounds of feed into a dairy cow over the course of a day; usually a mixture of hay, grain, soybean meal or some other protein, and silage, which is fermented…
Parshat Achrei Mot 5779
Acharei Mot תשע"ט A curious verse in this week’s portion (Leviticus 18:5) informs us: ה) וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם אֶת חֻקֹּתַי וְאֶת מִשְׁפָּטַי אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה אֹתָם הָאָדָם וָחַי בָּהֶם אֲנִי יְדֹוָד: 5) You shall observe My decrees and My laws, which people shall…
Parshat Acharei Mot – Kedoshim 5778
Parshat Acharei Mot- Kedoshim This Shabbat, two Parshiot, אחרי מות --Acharei Mot and קדושים --Kedoshim, will be read. The second portion, קדושים - Kedoshim, begins with a seemingly impossible command. (Leviticus 19:1-2) ספר ויקרא פרק יט א) וַיְדַבֵּר יְדֹוָד אֶל…