Parashas Parasas Ki Sisa/Purim, Issue #837 – By Rabbi Pinchas Winston Come on! Make us gods that will go before us, because this man Moshe, who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.” (Shemos 31:2) WE WERE CREATED with a need for relationships, first with…
Parashas Tetzaveh-Zachor, Issue #836 – By Rabbi Pinchas Winston Make holy garments for Aharon, your brother, for glory and for splendor. (Shemos 28:2) THERE ARE MANY ways to describe the purpose of Creation. However, they all come down to a single idea: If you analyze the days of old which preceded you, from…
WE ARE NOW in the Purim mode. Last week was Parashas Shekalim, the first of the four special Maftirs read at this time of year, two before Purim and two after. I don’t know about you, but I’m already thinking about Pesach cleaning. I’m older and my kids have moved out. I work slower and things seem to take a lot longer to do than they used to. I’m ALREADY strategizing.
Parashas Mishpatim-Shekalim, Issue #834 – By Pinchas Winston And these are the ordinances that you shall set before them. (Shemos 21:1) IF YOU WANT to get a taste of what they learn in yeshiva, read all the Rashi’s in this week’s parsha. There is a lot of Talmudic commentary on the first two aliyos alone….
TORAH HAS BEEN called by the Talmud itself an “elixir of life” and an “elixir of death.” We’ve explained many times what determines which it will be for the person learning it. Derech Eretz, literally the “Way of the Land,” is the key because, in this context, it means good character traits such as humility, appreciation, truth-seeker, etc.
