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The concept of the *Mishkan* (Tabernacle) is frequently misunderstood as a purely functional ritual facility, a cosmic spiritual factory where...
Introduction: The Battle for the Cultural Public Square In the modern landscape of global communications, the line between culture and geopolitics has...
We’ll be examining the historical, psychological, and halakhic implications of why Shevet Levi (the tribe of Levi) was chosen to replace the...
Our Parsha this week (which is double) sends us some very powerful warnings about this entire experience of building a Mishkan while living in the...
This week’s parsha invites the entire Jewish people to some very large festivals that we continue to experience every year. The Ramban explains that...
At the end of Parshas Shemini, we read the following verses כִּ;׀ אֲנִי יְהֹוָה הַמַּעֲלֶה אֶתְכֶם מֵאֶרֶץ...
The double parsha of Tazria-Metzora has a very strange combination of topics that actually go very well together. Let’s start with how the Rambam...
In our previous blog post on Vayikra, we discussed the valuable role Aharon fills in providing the laws of the Mishkin (and the entire Torah) to the...
Every year we recount the story of all of the greatest rabbis who gathered in Bnei Brak to share in the Seder together: מַעֲשֶׂה...
In this week’s parsha, we finish listing all of the sacrifices that could be brought in the Mishkan. The final offering is called shelamim, and can...
We open with a brand new sefer this week that covers all of the various saw sacrifices that are to be brought in the newly constructed Mishkan. The...
There’s a dispute between the Titans of Jewish philosophy about the extent of the clarity provided truth prophecy. I’ve posted the two sources...
וּבִשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ הוּא־חֹדֶשׁ אֲדָר בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁה עָשָׂר יוֹם בּוֹ...
שִׁמְעוֹן הַצַּדִּיק הָיָה מִשְּׁיָרֵי כְנֶסֶת הַגְּדוֹלָה. הוּא הָיָה אוֹמֵר,...
וְנוֹעַדְתִּי לְךָ שָׁם וְדִבַּרְתִּי אִתְּךָ מֵעַל הַכַּפֹּרֶת מִבֵּין שְׁנֵי...