All posts in: Book of Vayikra
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3 years agoVayikro and Humility
Why did the Torah choose this particular spot to teach us the vital lesson of the little ‘alef’? There are a number of good reasons for that. Firstly, this is not only ..
Written by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler
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3 years agoWords to the Wise: Clean Stains – Vayikra
Elisha ben Avuya was a great Mishnaic master who infamously turned heretic later in his life. After his demise he was simply known as Acher, other one. There is one episode ..
Written by Rabbi Aryeh Dachs
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5 years agoBe a welcome guest
But in the seventh year, there shall be a complete rest for the Land. . . (25:4) The Torah tells us the strict punishment for working the land of Eretz Yisroel during ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
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6 years agoWhat I learned from a burned out radiator pipe
And if you will ask, “What will we eat in the seventh year; for we will not sow or gather in our crops?!” I will enact My blessing for you in the sixth year ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
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6 years ago
Chatzitzah In Mikvah
Min Hatorah to be a chatzitzah in mikva it needs to be that roiv your body is covered AND your’e makpid, that you don’t want this dirt on you. In Gemora ..
Written by Anonymous
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6 years agoNo less than anava man
The word “vayikra”, meaning “He (G-d) called him (Moshe)” indicates the special relationship Moshe had with G-d. But when it came to writing the Torah, in his humility, ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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6 years agoLone stranger
One of the main causes of the Biblical disease tzarass was evil speech [1]. Part of the repentance program for a metzora (suffering from tzarass) was that he would ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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6 years agoFearless or legless?
When the time came for Aharon’s inauguration service in the Tabernacle, Moshe encouraged him to “approach the altar” [1]. We have been taught that this encouragement ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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7 years agoDouble Standards
Every valuation should be made according to the holy shekel (27:25) Although this verse is telling us the method by which a valuation was made in those times, Rav Moshe ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
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