Many Truths and a Few Lies By Rabbi Rami Pavolotzky This week we read the well-known story of the twelve spies. Before starting the conquest of the land, the Israelites need to know what kind of country it is, and what kind of people live in it. So, Moses sends twelve spies to scout the
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Blessings Reaching Everyone Rabbi Rami Pavolotzky On this week’s parasha we find the priestly blessing (Numbers 6:24-26), perhaps the most famous blessing in the Torah and, arguably, in the Jewish tradition. When God tells Moses to command Aaron and his sons to bless the Children of Israel he says, “Speak to Aaron and his sons:
Counting People as an Expression of Love and Appreciation B”H Rabbi Daniela Szuster This week we are starting the fourth book of the Torah, the book of B’midvar, which means “in the Wilderness” because it describes the wandering of the people of Israel in the desert. This book is known in English as “Numbers” because
Torah Thoughts on Parashat Bechukotai 5782 By Rabbi Rami Pavolotzky This week we read parashat Bechukotai, the last section of the Book of Leviticus. It contains a famous and long paragraph, known in Hebrew as the tochecha, literally admonition or reproof. This paragraph highlights the negative consequence of a failure by the people of Israel
Torah Thoughts on Parashat Emor 5782 By Rabbi Rami Pavolotzky We find the following verse in our parasha, “You shall not profane My holy name, and I shall be sanctified in the midst of the children Israel—I Adonai who sanctify you” (Leviticus 22:32). Regarding this concept of God being “sanctified in the midst of the
