Ellie Ausubel - Educator Parshat Bamidbar Two Armies of G-d: Reflections for Yom Yerushalayim This Saturday night and Sunday marks Yom Yerushalayim, a day which many Jewish communities will celebrate with the recitation of Hallel. I’d like to share just a few of the miraculous events from the first...
Sophie Felberg - Office Manager Parshat Bechukotai Lag B'omer is a day of celebration for hundreds of thousands worldwide. It is also a day of mourning and remembrance. A day where 45 neshamot lost their lives last year in Meron and the end of the death of 24,000...
Lauren Friedman - Eim Bayit Parshat Behar In this week’s parasha we read about the laws of shmittah. Hashem tells us not to fear, we will have enough food… “I will ordain My blessing for you in the sixth year and it will yield a crop sufficient for the...
Avital Hirschhorn - Mechanechet Parshat Emor In this week’s Parsha, Parshat Emor, we receive the mitzvah of Sefirat HaOmer. וּסְפַרְתֶּ֤ם לָכֶם֙ מִמׇּחֳרַ֣ת הַשַּׁבָּ֔ת מִיּוֹם֙ הֲבִ֣יאֲכֶ֔ם אֶת־עֹ֖מֶר הַתְּנוּפָ֑ה שֶׁ֥בַע שַׁבָּת֖וֹת תְּמִימֹ֥ת תִּהְיֶֽינָה׃ עַ֣ד מִֽמׇּחֳרַ֤ת הַשַּׁבָּת֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔ת תִּסְפְּר֖וּ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים י֑וֹם וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֛ם מִנְחָ֥ה חֲדָשָׁ֖ה לַיהֹוָֽה׃ (ויקרא כ"ג, ט"ו- ט"ז) And from the day on...
Rav Yonaton Hirschhorn - Rabbi of MTC Parshat Kedoshim This week’s parsha, Parshat Kedoshim, opens with a thought provoking statement:דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל־כׇּל־עֲדַ֧ת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל וְאָמַרְתָּ֥ אֲלֵהֶ֖ם קְדֹשִׁ֣ים תִּהְי֑וּ כִּ֣י קָד֔וֹשׁ אֲנִ֖י יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ (ויקרא י"ט, ב')“Speak to the whole Israelite community and say to them: You shall be holy,...
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...