by Mordechai Dixler | May 9, 2019 | Lifeline
Among the numerous Commandments in this week’s Torah portion, 51 in all, is the Mitzvah of Tochacha – to correct others when we see they’ve done something wrong (Lev. 19:17). This is a challenging Mitzvah, because it can only be fulfilled with one who is...
by Mordechai Dixler | May 3, 2019 | Lifeline
With Passover behind us and the summer about to begin, this Shabbos we will find ourselves reading about Yom Kippur. Our reading this week begins with the special services performed by the High Priest in the Tabernacle and the Holy Temple, including that for Yom...
by Mordechai Dixler | Apr 12, 2019 | Lifeline
The Shabbos preceding Passover is traditionally known as Shabbos HaGadol — the Great Shabbos. On the 14th of the Jewish month of Nissan, the Jews in Egypt offered and ate the Paschal Lamb at night, before leaving Egypt the following morning. In preparation for...
by Mordechai Dixler | Apr 4, 2019 | Lifeline
This week, besides the regular Torah portion, there is an additional reading called Parshas HaChodesh, which concerns the Commandment to establish Jewish months according to the cycles of the moon. This is the first Commandment given to the Nation of Israel. The...
by Mordechai Dixler | Mar 28, 2019 | Lifeline
The Torah readings of the past two months described in great detail the construction and the sacrificial services in the Tabernacle, the House of G-d. This week’s reading brings us to the culmination: it opens with the inaugural services, and G-d’s miraculous...
