38 Lessons
The Tongue and the Heart
Rabbi Naim Ben Eliahu Tz"l | 11 Nissan 5784
The Content of Kingliness and Servitude
Based on Harav Shaul Yisraeli – from Shirat Hageula pp. 22-25
Rabbi Shaul Yisraeli zt"l | 6 Nissan 5784
Tzaraat
Heaven is indeed conscious of our thoughts, actions, speech, and behavior. And that these have consequences both for the good and for the better.
Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | Nissan 7 5782
Leprosy, Exile, & the Final Redemption
Connecting the phenomenon of leprosy of the house, and the steps taken to resolve it, to how the story of the final Redemption will play out.
Rabbi Shimon Cohen | Nissan 7 5782
The Power of Shame
The new social media have brought about a return to an ancient phenomenon, public shaming. Tthis gives us a way of understanding the otherwise bewildering phenomenon of tsara’at.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Z"tl | Nissan 6 5782
The Historical Root of Lashon Hara
From Siach Shaul, p. 326-328 (1944)
Lashon hara is an expression of evil. An evil eye (ayin hara) looks for something or someone who is above it, and upon finding it, poisons the person’s tranquility and does not allow him to enjoy things he could have enjoyed.
Rabbi Shaul Yisraeli zt"l | Nissan 5 5782
How to Praise
The Sages were eloquent on the subject of lashon hara, the sin they took to be the cause of tsara’at. But there is a meta-halachic principle: “From the negative you can infer the positive”.Therefore there must in principle be a concept of lashon hatov, good speechץ
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Z"tl | Iyar 3 5781
A Skin Disorder...Only in Israel?
The Torah limits the disease of Tzra'at (according to the Ramban), to the land of Israel. Is that positive or negative?
Baruch Gordon | Nissan 30 5780
The Power of Speech
Metzora 5779
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Z"tl | Nisan 6 5779
The Power of Praise
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Z"tl | Nisan 27 5778
Between Pesach and Atzma’ut
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Iyar 1 5777
Must I Keep the Mohel?
Since the beginning of parshas Tazria discusses the mitzvah of bris milah, it is certainly an appropriate week to discuss:
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Nisan 29 5777
Many Ask the Wrong Question
Sefer Vayikra is full of discussion of korbanot, both public and private. Many explain that the special status of Shabbat Hagadol has to with Bnei Yisrael’s preparations for the Korban Pesach, which they brought in Egypt right before their liberation came to fruition.
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Nisan 5 5776
Parsha Summary: Tazria-Metzora
An Overview of the Torah Portion
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | 5775
The Lonely Man Of Metzora
Rabbi Stewart Weiss
Parsha Summary: Metzora
An Overview of the Torah Portion
Rabbi Stewart Weiss
Keep Away from What?
Rabbi Daniel Mann | 5774
A Diseased House
Hirsch At Your Table
A brief Dvar Torah on the Parsha, based on R. Samson Raphael Hirsch’s Torah Commentary
Rabbi Matityahu Clark
Re-Entering the Mikdash
Hirsch At Your Table
A brief Dvar Torah on the Parsha, based on R. Samson Raphael Hirsch’s Torah Commentary
Rabbi Matityahu Clark