Lessons on Vayikra

articles on Vayikra

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed
Rabbi S. Yossef Weitzen
Rabbi Chaim Drukman
Rabbi Dov Lior
Rabbi Shimon Klein
Rabbi Hershel Schachter
Rabbi Ya'akov Shapira
Rabbi Yehuda Melamed
Rabbi Mordechai Greenberg
Rabbi Shlomo Goren zt"l

articles on Vayikra

The Pursuit of Meaning

A Shiur by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks for the weekly portion "Vayikra".

What Do We Sacrifice?

We would expect to read “when one of you offers a sacrifice.” Instead, it says “when one offers a sacrifice of you.” The essence of sacrifice is that we offer ourselves.

Dishes, Detergent and Malachos

is washing the dishes on Shabbos prohibited? and what about washing clothes?

Why Civilisations Fail

What is the real challenge of maintaining a free society?

National Glory: Our Land, Our Torah

Rabbi Hillel Mertzbach | 25 Iyar 5785

Parashat Hashavua: About Optimism in Times of Crisis

Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Iyar 5785

Spirituality is Reality!

Rabbi Avraham Shapira Zt"l | 18 Iyar 5785

Parashat Hashavua: The Way to Prepare to Build the Beit Hamikdash

Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Iyar 5785

Parashat Hashavua: Kedoshim Teh’yu, Goy Kadosh – Are They Related?

Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Iyar 5785

Parashat Hashavua: More Mila than Brit?

Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Iyar 5785

Parashat Hashavua: Two Sides to a Coin

Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Nisan 5785

Parashat Hashavua: The Song from the Depths of the Soul

Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Nisan 5785

Emuna From the Cradle

Rabbi Shalom Arush | Shvat 19 5782

Connection in Blood

based on Ein Ayah, Shabbat 14:4

based on Ein Ayah, Shabbat 14:4

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Kislev 7 5781

Moral v. Political Decisions

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Tamuz 13 5780

And They Cried Out- Crying to Hashem or Crying out of Agony

Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Rimon | 5778

Shir Hyichud on Yom Kippur

Who wrote Shirei Yichud and What is it all about? An analysis on this Yom Kippur song.

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | 5573

How Does a Heter Iska Work?

What is the prohibition of "Ribbit"? who does it apply on? How does the "Heter Iska" bypass the prohibition? and more...

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5770

A Special Breed of Leader

Rabbi Yossef Carmel | 5769

Explaining the Other Laws of the Three Weeks

Halachot that apply during the three weeks: marriage, dancing, playing and listening to music, singing and reciting the Shehechiyanu Bracha.

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Av 2 5768

Customs of the Three Weeks

The three weeks that begin on the night of the Seventeenth of Tammuz and continue until the Ninth of Av are days of national woefulness. The sages therefore advise being especially careful during this period, for it is a time designated for calamity.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Sivan 5768

Shaving and Haircuts during the Three Weeks

When during the three weeks can I shave and have a haircut? What are the laws of mourning with regard to shaving?

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5768

21. The Dangers of Pride

Just as “cleanliness” must reside in deeds, so must it reside in traits. The work involved in changing one's traits is more difficult than that involved in changing one's deeds. This is because changing traits means doing battle with one's own nature.

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed

The Parameters of Pinchas' Zealotry

Parashat Pinchas

Beyond Intellect and Emotion A Dearth of Halachot Of Torah or Rabbinic Origin? Zimri's Right to Self-Defense A Lesson Learned

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | 5749-54