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    Emor

    Who Are the Kohanim?

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Iyar 5783
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    Shabbat and Holidays in a Jewish State

    Is it permitted to violate the laws of Shabbat in the process of sanctifying the new month? Why does the Torah repeat the introductory terms about the mo’adim and mention Shabbat in the middle?

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Iyar 2 5782
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    Parashat Hashavua

    “Zichron Teruah” – On Judgment and Mercy

    he term “zichron teruah” in describing Rosh Hashana among the holidays in our parasha, is a special term, which very likely refers to shofar blowing. But zichron, meaning remembrance, does not, at first glance, have a clear meaning.

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Iyar 15 5781
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    Parashat Hashavua

    Israel is a Nation of Holy People

    The matter of kedusha (sanctity) is very much stressed in the parshiyot of Vayikra. Parashat Acharei Mot starts with the service of the kohen gadol on Yom Kippur, whose pinnacle is in the Kodesh Kodashim of the mikdash. The parasha ends with the prohibitions of arayot (illicit relations), which is followed with the charge, “Be holy, for I, Hashem your G-d, am holy” (Vayikra 19:2). Rashi explains this to mean: “separate yourself from arayot and sin, for whenever you find separation from arayot, you find kedusha.” Parashat Kedoshim also ends with the commandment: “You shall be for Me holy, for I am holy, and I have separated you from the nations to be for Me” (ibid. 20:26).

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Iyar 11 5778
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    Brit Bein Hab’tarim to Kriat Yam Suf – The Connection to Yom Haatzmaut (part 2)

    Last week we illustrated the similar language the Torah used to describe Kriat Yam Suf and the Brit Bein Hab’tarim with Avraham Avinu. Chazal, who saw this connection, instituted in Ma’ariv the following nusach to describe Kriat Yam Suf: “He who passed his children through the strips of Yam Suf”. Chazal used the word (gezarim) that is connected to Brit Bein Hab’tarim. Furthermore, we saw an explicit pasuk connecting these two events by describing the sojourn in Egypt for a period of four hundred thirty years, which was counted from Brit Bein Hab’tarim.

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Iyar 10 5777
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    A Special Meaning of Beracha

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | 5575
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    Parashat Hashavua

    The Seat of Justice

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | 5773
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    Parashat Hashavua

    Service of Korbanot for All

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | 5771
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    Parashat Hashavua

    The Necessary Boundaries of Seeking Leadership

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | 5770
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    An Improper Chumra

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Iyar 5768
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    Careful! Holy Funds

    Parashat Emor

    Parashat Emor

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | 15 Iyar 5766
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    Counting Towards Something That Counts

    Parashat Emor

    Parashat Emor

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | 5 Iyar 5765
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    Shabbat and Festivals

    Parashat Emor

    Parashat Emor

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Emor 10 Iyar 5764
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