9 Lessons

Seeing the light
Even if a person sins, even if it's one of the worst sins, being close to a prophet affects him. Although there was the sin of the golden calf, when there is communication between Moses and the nation, they can still learn from him without being afraid of the light shining from his face.
Rabbi Yisrael Wende

Upon the heart
For Parashat Tetzaveh
Aaron wears the names of Israel, the Urim and the Thummim and shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel on his heart. What's the special emphasis and conection between the Hoshen and the heart and what are those three things that Aaron has upon his heart?
Rabbi Yisrael Wende

Two faces of relationship
For Parashat Terumah
They are two "faces", or view points to the Cherubim, a baby face who is completely dependent on his mother, and a couple with a great affection between them.
Rabbi Yisrael Wende | Adar 5773

Receiving the Torah every day
How do "simple" laws allow us to experience every day the giving of the Torah?
Rabbi Yisrael Wende | Shvat 5773

Receiving the Torah every day
How do "simple" laws allow us to experience every day the giving of the Torah?
Rabbi Yisrael Wende | Shvat 5773

Don't be indifferent!
Yitro heard of all that God had done for Moses and the nation, so he came to the wilderness. What did Yitro hear? What caused him to leave his home and go to the wilderness? What happened that he couldn't be indifferent?
Rabbi Yisrael Wende

What is poetry?
Rabbi Yisrael Wende | Shvat 5773

Accepting an Appikoras?
One of the Korban Pesach laws is that apostate Jews may not eat the Korban. Why on other holidays we accept even Jewish criminals, but on Pesach the Torah forbade those people who cut themselves off from the nation from eating the Pesach lamb?
Rabbi Yisrael Wende | Shvat 5773
