Emor

Ki im l'sh'eiro hakarov eilav.Ein sh'eiro ella ishto.(Rashi)The Torah is teaching us that a wife ideally should be the CLOSEST person to ourselves! Even closer than our fathers & mothers! **** V'ish ki yochal kodesh bishgaga... V'hisiu osam avon ashma b'achlam ess kad...

I saw a mind blowing Chazal today that can provide tremendous chizzuk to all of us that are struggling or that fell in the past. The Torah tells us that while a Cohen is permitted to marry a widow, a Cohen Gadol, however, is forbidden. The question is why. I saw brought d...

An astonishing and sobering contrast concerning the nature of the human psyche captures our imagination in this week's Torah portion (Emor). The Torah prohibits a Kohen, a priest (which includes all descendents of Aaron), from marrying a divorced woman. It also prohibit...

Vayikov ben ha'isha ha'yisroelis es Hashem vaykalel..... v'shem imo Shelomis bas Divri l'mateh Dan. (24:11) It is brought down in various Sefarim that bris Hamaor (shemiras habris) is dependent on Bris Halashon. Maybe a source can be found in this posuk. Rashi says that S...

We are standing at the door of Lag B'Omer. Many of us will be heading to Meron. What is the message of this hidden Yom Tov? How do we, who struggle with the Yetzer Hara, gain chizuk and apply it in a practical way? My zayde, the Kedushas Levy, has the answer. It says in t...

The Noam Elimelech in the beginning of Parshas Emor interprets Rashi's explanation of the seeming redundacy "Emor Vi'Amarta" -"LeHazhir Gedolim Al HaKetanim" as follows:Every Yid has times that he feels elevated and close to Hashem - like when he is engaged in Torah or T...