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Lies, lies, lies: Parashat Korach (Numbers 16:1-18:32)
Jewish Journal
June 6, 2013
My daughter, a soon-to-graduate high school senior, was chosen by a teacher to participate in an event to teach the school a lesson about drunk driving. Before school one day, organizers would set up a scene with a crashed car and police tape. My daughter and the other chosen participants would gather in a room instead of attending first period, making them appear to be missing. It would then be announced that they had been killed in the crash.
Willing to sacrifice: Parashat Tzav (Leviticus 6:1-8:36)
Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky
March 21, 2013
The mind of the midrashist drifts effortlessly over the face of the Tanakh as verses from the Torah conjure up similar verses and phrases from other sacred books. Thus, our parasha’s descriptions of the thanksgiving offerings and the free-will offerings call to mind a phrase found in Psalm 50: “The one who sacrifices a thanksgiving offering honors me.”
A divine call to action: Parashat Vayikra (Leviticus 1:1-5:26)
Rabbi Elazar Muskin
March 14, 2013
Once, on a mission to Israel, we needed a minyan for a prayer service during the airplane flight. We were a total of six men in our group, so we began to scan the plane for the remaining four for the requisite 10 men.
Building Our Mishkan: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei (Exodus 35:1-40:38)
Rabbi Yonah Bookstein
March 7, 2013
The ancient sages teach us that the Torah is exceedingly careful with language. No phrase is superfluous. Each word or letter is part of the intricate unfolding mysteries concentrated in the Torah.
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