71 Lessons
The Sacrificial Service: Coming Close
Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | 6 Nissan 5785
Parashat Hashavua: Who Called Out to Whom?
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Nisan 5785
Mikdash and Jewish State Go Together – part I
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | 22 Adar II 5784
The Dimensions of Sin
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | 21 Adar ll 5784
The Secret Love
...There are things that must be kept in Sod (Secret), and if someone reveals them, he thus abuses and wastes their greatness. One who has no secrets is one who is shallow and external - but 'Israel was redeemed from Egypt in the merit of not having revealed their inner secrets' (Midrash Tehillim 114,1)...
Rabbi Netanel Yossifun | Nissan 2 5783
Sacrifice
Even though we live in a time when such animal sacrifices are not possible, one of the main lessons which is pertinent to us is that all forgiveness for wrongdoing requires true "sacrifice" on the part of the perpetrator of the sin.
Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | Adar II 8 5782
Why Couldn't Moshe Enter the Mishkan??
The Zohar brilliantly asks: "Why was Moshe able to stand before the Divine Presence on Mt. Sinai, but not down on earth?"
Rabbi Re'em Hacohen | Adar II 9 5782
What Do We Sacrifice?
We would expect to read: “when one of you offers a sacrifice.” Instead, what it says is “when one offers a sacrifice of you.” The essence of sacrifice, said Rabbi Shneur Zalman, is that we offer ourselves.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Adar II 7 5782
Do Jews Have Horns?
Michaelangelo may have been the greatest sculptor who ever lived, but his knowledge of Jewish anatomy was a bit off.
Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair | Adar II 7 5782
The Leader Sinned
The very possibility to demand of a king to acknowledge his sin is a great novelty. All the more so, we would never expect that there would be someone with permission to rebuke the king or to demand of him to admit that he sinned.
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Adar II 5 5782
Kabbalistic Twist on Vayikra
Israel National Torah
Why is the first letter Aleph in Vayikra small? the Zohar explains this issue.
Baruch Gordon | Nissan 2 5781
Tying The Knot
The Book of Vayikra begins a series of complex laws about the service of the Holy Temple, but even though the laws of the Torah are precise, they require individual creativity.
Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair | Nissan 5 5781
The Sins of a Leader
Leaders make mistakes. That is inevitable. So, strikingly, our parsha of Vayikra implies. The real issue is leaders respond to their mistakes.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Nissan 4 5781
Moshe's Private Revelation
Moshe hears the voice of the Lord as God calls to him. However, it is not the same experience that it was at Mount Sinai. it is a private revelation exclusive to Moshe. The great heavenly voice is not heard outside the precincts of the Tabernacle itself.
Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | Nissan 1 5781
A Soul who Sinned against … Hashem?
most the entire Sefer Vayikra and, deals with mitzvot between man and Hashem. The p’sukim in the end of the Parshah, in contrast, deal with matters between man and his fellow man, and the Torah still calls it a ma’al baHashem. In addition
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Nissan 1 5781
The HIgh Priest and the Collective
we discern quite clearly that God also judges the Jewish People as a whole and by their collective merits.
Rabbi Michael Linetsky | Shvat 7 5781
Are There No Offerings Today?
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Nissan 2 5780
Kabbalistic Twist on Vayikra
Beyond the 4 Amot
Why is the first letter Aleph in Vayikra small? the Zohar explains this issue.
Baruch Gordon | Nissan 2 5780
Why Them?
Rabbi Daniel Mann | Adar 29 5780