Weekly Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 27

May 6, 2023; 15 Iyar, 5783

Parsha This week’s parsha begins with a special Mitzvah, a commandment to tell the Kohanim, the descendants of Aharon, to observe the special purity rules that only apply to them. A Kohain must maintain his special status and may not become impure through any contact with a corpse or even be under the same roof as a corpse. This should not be viewed as an onerous restriction. On the contrary, it is a remarkable badge of honor that is a testament to his special status.

The Midrash (Vayikrah Rabbah 26:6) explains that this special set of purity laws must be kept forever – by Aharon, his sons and grandsons until the end of all generations. But how did Aharon earn this special set of purity laws?....

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Weekly Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 26

April 29, 2023; 8 Iyar, 5783

Parsha “Speak to the entire nation of Israel and say unto them, ‘Kedoshim Tihiyu,’ you shall be holy, for I, your G-d, am holy.” (Leviticus 19:2)

The Midrash (Vayikra Rabbah 24:9) explains: “You may think that with this holiness that I expect of you, comes the ability to even reach My [Hashem’s] level of Holiness. Therefore, the Passuk comes to teach you that that is not the case, ‘for I, your G-d, am Holy,’ which teaches that my Holiness is above your [capacity for] holiness.”

There is a fascinating explanation to this Midrash regarding why we cannot reach the level of holiness of Hashem....

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Weekly Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 25

April 22, 2023; 1 Iyar, 5783

Parsha In Parshas Tazria, the Passuk (Vayikra 13:46) tells us regarding Tzara’as, “All the days the lesion is upon him, he shall remain unclean. He is unclean, he shall dwell isolated, and his dwelling shall be outside the camp.”

Rashi explains the words, “he shall dwell isolated” to mean that other unclean people [that are not stricken with Tzara’as] shall not live with him. Our Sages said: “Why is he different from other unclean people that he must remain isolated? Since, with his slander, he caused [discord and] separation between man and wife or between man and his fellow man, he too, in kind, will need to be separated”...

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