Parsha Related

Rav Chaim Shmulevitz says in Sichos Mussar that we can learn a tremendous lesson from the fact that the Levi'im were counted separately. Rashi says (1:49) that H'shm foresaw that He would decree death against the 20- to 60-year-olds that were counted in this week's parsha and He wanted to count t...

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 kadsheihem.(22:16)The ;Ohr...

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 down this week, that the T...

In this week's Parsha we learn about the animals, fish, insects, and birds that we may not eat. The Torah describes them as "Toeiva" - an abomination. We are taught that by eating these things we are destroying our Neshamos, and the damage is very great. Why is it that these things are so dangero...

We know "sheva yipol tzaddik v'kum". To fall seven times you have to have been up in between. The possuk tells us don't worry you will eventually stand without falling. But what about someone who remains on the ground the whole time. For where does he know that there is hope for him to keep on tr...

Adam ki yakriv meekem korban Lashem min habehemahAdam ki yakriv, a person who wishes to come close to the RBSO, should look at a korban and learn about his own ability. ;Any person who declares an animal he owns to be a korban, instantly transforms that animal into ;kodesh ;or ;kodshei kodoshim. ...

I saw a wonderful insight from Rabbi Galinsky Zt"l which is very relevant to our struggles. We all know the Baal Haturim (even if we didn't know that it was the Baal Haturim who says it) why Vayikra is written with a small aleph. Explains the Baal Haturim that when Moshe sat to write the word Va...

The concept of the Mishkan is an astounding one. How can a structure of any size house Hashem in it? How can we attempt to contain the uncontainable? ;Yet it symbolizes Hashgacha, involvement of Hashem in our physical world. We live in a world with physical houses in which we dwell. ;This is Reuv...

The Talmud tells a story. Rabbi Tarphon was ill and his very important friends, Rabbi Akiva, Rabban Gamliel and others, came to visit. They met his mother at the door crying. She pleaded with the Tzaddikim to “please pray for her son Tarphon - he is such a good son.” She proceeded to tell them ho...

The Kapores & its Keruvim were not fashioned as separate pieces and soldered together. Rather, they took a large chunk of gold & started banging at its core. The gold piles at the ends grew higher & higher and they sculpted them into the Keruvim. These Keruvim were the place from whic...