Chazal offer an intriguing interpretation of a familiar passuk. Every day in Keri’as Shema we review the command bidding us to love Hashem and to dedicate ourselves to His service. As it states: וְאָהַבְתָּ אֵת ד' אֱלֹקֶיךָ בְּכָל־לְבָבְךָ וּבְכָל־נַפְשְׁךָ וּבְכָל־מְאֹדֶךָ – “You shall love Hashem your G-d with all of your heart, all of your soul, and all of your might” (Devarim 6:5). (Actually, each of these items [heart, soul, and might] [...]
A climactic moment in this week’s parshah comes on the heels of the report issued by the meraglim (spies). The majority of these messengers, unfortunately, slandered the Land with claims that it would be too difficult to conquer. Yeshoshua and Calev remained loyal, attempting to quell the rising storm. But the meraglim’s tale had riled the people so, to the point that they agitated for violence. As the passuk states: וַיֹּאמְרוּ כָּל־הָעֵדָה לִרְגּוֹם אֹתָם בָּאֲבָנִים [...]
(The following is based on an exposition in the sefer K’motzei Shalal Rav, parshas Beha’alosecha, p.169-170.) Tzara’as, as we know, is the skin-condition with which a person is afflicted on account of speaking lashon hara (forbidden gossip). The parshiyos of Tazria and Metzora (in Sefer Vayikra) deal with the numerous laws and details associated with this institution – the procedure for its identification, the state of ritual defilement it engenders, etc. But [...]
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