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Vayikra - Leviticus 9: 1 - 11:47 Let's learn from the verse: “And it was, on the eighth day, that Moshe called Aharon and his sons and the elders of Israel” (Vaikrá 9: 1). The essence of the word elder-s (old, elder) is actually an acrostic of the Hebrew phrase "ze kanah hochma" that is to say "this person has acquired wisdom". And just as it is said about Abraham Avinu (Our Father Abraham): "And Abraham was old", and also about Yitzchak Avinu: “And it was when Yitzjak was old”, and our Sages of blessed memory explained to us that...

"The mezuzah doesn't complain either" “He called Moses” (Vayikra 1:1) As we have explained previously in the Sefer Torah the final letter "Alef" of the word "Vayikra" (I call) is written smaller than the other letters. This is known as an Alef zeira or small Alef, in Aramaic the word "Alef" means "to teach" and zeira also connotes "young" or "small", so Alef zeira can be read as "teach the little children" What the sages explain is that we should begin teaching Torah to our children starting from the book of Leviticus. Rabbeinu Yaakov Baal HaTurim mentions "that the letter...

Why do we seek a strange god? "Ki Tisa" from the book of Shemot (Exodus) 30:11-34:35 After a passionate reception of the Ten Commandments, the people, impatient for Moses' descent from the mountain, made for themselves a new god, a Golden Calf. Let's examine the text closely, and perhaps some observations should be made. Can we find any excuse for their idolatry?Moses was taking a long time to come down from the mountain, so the people asked Aaron for a “God who will go before us”, since the leader (Moshe) who had led the people from Egypt was not there....

"Teruma" (Shemot- Exodus 25 - 27, 19) The purpose is for the person to have the free choice between good and evil, between truth and lies.Our world is called: "עלמא דשיקרא' - עולם של שקר" (Olma d'shikra - Olam shel Sheker) which could be translated as a world of lies. A world where the truth is hidden behind "screens that reflect only images."The basis of the creation of the world is truth. Many times when we hear about the pure truth, we find it difficult to accept it and we find all kinds of excuses and pretexts to reject it....

"Everything has its price" Shemot - Exodus 6:2 - 9:35 The Pharaoh only compressed the spring!In the plague of hail, Pharaoh said: “I have sinned in this instance; God is righteous, but I and my people are wicked.” (Shemot 9:27). Then the verse says, “And he sinned again and hardened his heart.”How can this be? Pharaoh had just said that he understood that Hashem is righteous!Rather, Rabbi Eliahu Dessler explains:A person who pushes aside his Evil Inclination but does not nullify it, even though he was able to overcome it just a moment ago, has done nothing more than 'compress the...