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Weekly Torah Lesson Parasha:  Nasso "Elevate the Head"Torah:B’midbar (Numbers) 4:21 - 7:89 5 Then Avinu spoke to Moshe, saying, 6 Speak to the children of Israel: When a man or woman commits any sin that men commit in unfaithfulness against Avinu, and that person is guilty, 7 then he shall confess the sin which he has committed. He shall make restitution for his trespass in full, plus one-fifth of it, and give it to the one he has wronged. 8 But if the man has no relative to whom … [Read more...] about Faith and Sin

Weekly Torah Lesson Parasha:  b’Har  On the Mountain Torah:  Vay Ikra 25:1-26:2 More than sixty years ago, my father bought some land to build a home.  Many years later, while looking at some of his personal documents, our family discovered that the land which my father believed that he was purchasing was actually being leased to him for fifty years.  A couple of years ago, a large apartment complex, located less than a mile from our home,  was notified that their “land lease” … [Read more...] about The Original Land Lease

Parasha:  Emor – Say, speakTorah: V’Yikra 21:1 – 24:23 9  And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profanes her father: she shall be burned with fire. This Commandment was written in the Torah hundreds of years after the incident recorded in B’reishit 38.   Then Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. (Ge 38:6 ) The ancestry of Tamar isn’t given in the Torah.  This raises several questions about what family line she … [Read more...] about The Daughter of A Priest

Weekly Torah Lesson 2 Parasha:  K’doshim – Holy OnesTorah: v’Yikra 19:1 – 20:27  You shall fear every man his mother, and his father,..(V’Yikra 19:3) Some have a problem using the word “fear” in the Scriptures. They like to “put a little sugar” on the Holy Script by substituting, honor or revere. The Hebrew word “Yirah) only means “fear”. I have noticed in my neighborhood that there are several widows who are under the care of their children. I think that it is a great privilege to … [Read more...] about You shall fear every man his mother, and his father,

Weekly Torah Lesson Parasha: Acharei Mot  After the deathTorah:  V’Yikra 16:1 – 18:30 And Avinu spoke to Moshe after the death of the two sons of Aharon, when they offered before Avinu, and died; (VaYikra 16:1) The incident mentioned above took place in V’Yikra 10.  1 And Nadav and Avihu, the sons of Aharon, took both of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before Avinu, which he commanded them not (to do). 2  And there went out … [Read more...] about Unworthy Worship