Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Emor 5768 Shabbos in the Parashah In this week’s parashah it is said (Vayikra 23:1-3) vayidabeir HaShem el Moshe leimor dabeir el kol adas binei Yisroel viamarta aleihem moadei HaShem asher tikriu osam mikraei kodesh eileh heim moadai sheishes yamim taiaseh melacha uvayom hashevii Shabbos Shabbason mikra kodesh kol melacha lo saasu Shabbos hi laHaShem bichol moshvosocheim, HaShem spoke to Moshe, saying: Speak to the Children of Israel and say to them: Hashem’s appointed… Continue

Rabbi Shimon’s teaching about prayer appears to contradict Shamai’s comment in 1:15. As Shimon HaZaddik in 1:2 taught both Torah and Worship are two legs of the tripod upon the which the world stands. Yet Shamai’s teaching calls for Torah study be keva, fixed. Yet, Rabbi Shimon teaches that prayer not be keva. Torah Study and prayer appear as equal elements of Jewish life, yet the sages instruct placing each in a different place. My Rosh Yeshivah Rabbi Henoch Liebowitz ZT’L ZY’A often commented… Continue

There is nothing that brings out my identity crises more than living in Eretz Yisroel on Yom Haatzmaut. This week a large segment of Klal Yisroel will be celebrating G-d’s gift of the millennium to the Jewish People, Eretz Yisroel. The modern State of Israel presents a troubling contradiction. Moving to Israel or even coming to Israel for a visit can bring about an incomparable spiritual high on the one hand, and shock and disappointment on the other. When my Rebbe, Rav Chaim P.Scheinberg, mov… Continue

Truth may need to be personalized. In one community a certain product with a given hechsher may be kosher by the community standards, and in another community, not trusted to be kosher to their community standards. Therefore the truth about whether a given food item meets my community's standards of kashrus is subjective, and based upon the trustworthiness credentials of those who evaluate hechshers. On this basis I have been thinking that in accordance with the two views discussed in a recen… Continue

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