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The Festival of Sukkos – a History-Parshas Emor

By |2021-06-23T14:20:31-04:00May 8, 2022|

(The following is based largely on a dissertation contained in K’motzei Shalal Rav, parshas Emor, pp. 313-316). One of the main features of this week’s parshah is the extensive section involving the various mo’adim (festivals). The Torah employs a fairly basic pattern in treating this subject: it lists a given festival, mentions its unique service or practice and proceeds to the next. Thus when discussing Pesach, for example, the Torah includes the [...]

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Love Your Neighbor… as Yourself?-Parshas Kedoshim

By |2021-06-23T14:18:12-04:00May 1, 2022|

We are all familiar with the overarching directive appearing in this week’s parshah: “V’ahavta l’rei’acha kamocha – You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Vayikra 19:18). And, as we know, it is most central to our overall Torah fulfillment; as the Medrash relates in the name of R’ Akiva: וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ - זֶה כְּלַל גָדוֹל בַּתּוֹרָה – “‘V’ahavta l’rei’acha kamocha’ is a primary principle of the Torah” (Bereishis Rabbah 24:7). And yet, with all of that – when we really [...]

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