articles on Shmini
Lessons on Shmini
The President of the United States Salutes the Jew
Why did the President of the United States Salute the Jews? and what does this have to do with Shmini?
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu | Adar II 24 5782
Fire: Holy and Unholy
The holy is that segment of time and space God has reserved for His Presence. Creation involves concealment. About Nadav and Avihus death.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Adar II 21 5782
Eat to Survive
Most human beings know that they eat to survive, but there are many, especially in Western society today, that survive to be able to eat. It becomes almost logical that the Torah, would suggest and ordain for us a list of foods that somehow would prove harmful to our spiritual health.
Rabbi Berel Wein | Adar II 20 5782
The “Eighth” Wonder
The “8th day” was the day when the Mishkan was permanently erected, the day that the Kohanim started their service of bringing the offerings, the 1st of Nisan. With so many amazing events happening all at once, why does the Torah cryptically choose to refer to this day as “the 8th day?”
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Adar II 20 5782
Which Tablet Was Broken After Cheit Ha’egel?
Why does Aharon bring A Chatat on the 8th day? and what does this have to do with the half A Sekel contribution and the selling of Joseph?
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Adar II 19 5782
Reticence vs. Impetuosity
It should have been a day of joy. The Israelites had completed the Mishkan, the Sanctuary. But tragedy struck. The two elder sons of Aaron “offered a strange fire" and they died. Aaron’s joy turned to mourning.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Nissan 26 5781
