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…
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 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…
On the morning of March 10, 2019, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 took off from Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, and headed toward Nairobi, Kenya. Six minutes into the flight, the airplane, a Boeing 737 Max 8, began a nosedive…
Kedoshim תשע"ט The famous, oft-quoted, verse from the Torah, “Love thy neighbor as thyself,” is found in this week’s portion. Yet, a brief internet search for the words, “love thy neighbor as thyself,” repeatedly yields the following result: [37]…
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…