by Rabbi Dov Linzer
Posted on May 13, 2021
Dear Friends, Shavuot is a time of renewal. During the era of the Temple, this period marked the time when the community would offer two loaves of wheat to signify the ripening of the wheat throughout the land, and the individual would bring his own first fruit to the Temple.…
by Dr. Yael Landman Wermuth
Posted on July 20, 2020
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by Rabbi Ezra Seligsohn
Posted on July 18, 2019
One of the wonderful perks of having an entire Parsha dedicated to Balak and Bilam’s plot, are the numerous parallels that one finds with the stories of our Avot. At first glance every story in Tanach has references and connections all over Tanach — and yet, upon review, the Bilam story is unique.…
Rabbi Yitzchak Yehuda Shmelkes (1828-1904) was one of the leading rabbis in the latter part of the 19th century in Eastern Europe. He was the head of the rabbinical court in Lvov (Lemberg) from 1869-1893. His Beit Yiẓḥak (6 vols., 1875–1908), on the four parts of the Shulkḥan Arukh, was widely acclaimed. …
by Rabbi Yonah Berman
Posted on July 5, 2017
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by Rabbi Avi Weiss
Posted on July 5, 2017
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by Dr. Yonatan Grossman
Posted on October 21, 2016
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