Alexis Levy - Assistant Director Parshat Tzav Pesach vacation starts with Rosh Chodesh Nissan, the month of redemption. Nissan is a month in which we celebrate the freedom of Bnei Yisrael from Egypt, the house of slavery. However, this year we approach the month of liberation with...
Raiya Rubin - Chessed Coordinator Parshat Tzav After a number of Parshiot in which we talked about the construction of the Mishkan, the construction of the vessels, etc. We are on the threshold of a new era in which we begin to work in the Mishkan and serve...
Lani Margolias - Educator Parshat Tzav KEEP THE FIRE BURNING"Fire shall be kept burning upon the altar continually; it shall not go out" (Leviticus 6:6). On this verse the Jerusalem Talmud comments, "continually — even on Shabbat; continually — even in a state of impurity."As has been mentioned...
Shira Melamed - Director Parshat Vaykira Parshat Vaykira opens with the following pasuk: וַיִּקְרָ֖א אֶל־משֶׁ֑ה וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר יְהֹוָה֙ אֵלָ֔יו מֵאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵ֖ד לֵאמֹֽר Rashi has such a beautiful commentary on this pasuk. He says that Hashem first calls Moshe by name, he summons him, and only then speaks to him as...
Rav Effie Kleinberg - Educator Parshat Pekudei All Hands on Deck! Rabbeinu Bechaye (Shemot 38:21) quotes a Midrash that draws a parallel between the creation of the world and the construction of the mishkan. When Hashem created the world, the world was expanding like two spools of yarn...
Rav Yehoshua Felberg - Educator Parshat Vayakhel This week’s parsha takes place in the aftermath of the chet haegel, the sin of the golden calf, and is an important reminder about the unbreakable bond between the Jewish people and their creator, the Holy One Blessed Be He. Rather...
Esther Farkovits - Educator Parshat Ki Tisa The Jewish nation left Mitzraim a mere 3 months earlier, they just received the Torah, and then the ultimate rebellion in this week's parsha, חטא העגל the sin of the golden calf. We know that after Moshe broke the tablets, he begs...
Rav Dr. Avram Block - Educator Parshat Terumah In the Torah’s presentation of the experience of Har Sinai, Moshe ascended the mountain for 40 days – a period that began at the end of last week’s parsha and continues for eight chapters. The content of those chapters...
Ellie Ausubel - Educator Parshat Mishpatim After last week’s epic, Hollywood-worthy parsha featuring ma’amad har Sinai, parshat Mishpatim, replete with dozens of civil and laws, seems rather underwhelming. However, our parsha has a grand message. Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, z”l, often says that you can determine the true...
Lauren Friedman - Eim Bayit Parshat Yitro Do you ever wonder what makes a person Jewish? If I do a mitzvah does that make me Jewish? If I refrain from eating non-kosher foods, does that make me Jewish? Is it all that simple or is there something deeper than that? Well…....