By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis On the very day that the dedication of the Temple took place, Nadav and Avihu, the two noble sons of Aaron...

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb It was a brief but powerful lesson, and I learned it from a recovering drug addict. He was telling his...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis On the very day that the dedication of the Temple took place, Nadav and Avihu, the two noble sons of Aaron...

By: Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz Parshas Tzav begins with a discussion of two mitzvos related to the removal of the ashes that accumulated on the mizbayach (altar). The...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis In this week`s parsha the Torah teaches us that after the Kohen cleaned the ashes of the offerings from the altar, he had...

By: Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb “There is no such thing as privacy anymore.” “There are no secrets anymore.” These are two complaints that are heard frequently...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis This week, we begin the third book of the Five Books of Moses, The Book of Leviticus. While the Book of...

By: Rabbi Shlomo Katz Our Parashah ends with a “Cloud” covering the newly-completed Mishkan and the “Honor of Hashem” filling that structure. R’ Moshe ben...

By: Rabbi Label Lam Moshe called the whole community of the Children of Israel to assemble, and he said to them: “These are the things...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis Sometimes we wonder whether we puny individuals can make an impact on world events, whether we can make a real difference...

By: Shlomo Katz The Midrash Ha’ne’elam (quoted in Torah Sheleimah) explains that Moshe Rabbeinu’s name does not appear in our Parashah because he said, after...

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb My grandmother was one of the angels. Like every Jewish grandmother, she loved each and every one of her grandchildren....

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis In this week’s parsha, we find the commandments to build the mishkan and all the vessels that were contained therein, including the ark, the...

By: Rabbi Aron Tendler There are families whose hold on Judaism and Jewish tradition is so tentative that the word “holy” is thought to be...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis The parashah opens with a most unusual expression, “V`eileh hamishpatim asher tasim lifneihem – And these are the commandments that you shall place before them.”...

By: Rabbi Shlomo Katz R’ Shlomo Brevda z”l (1931-2013; Maggid and author, noted for his commentaries on the teachings of the Vilna Gaon z”l) writes:...