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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Weekly Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 24

April 1, 2023; 10 Nissan, 5783

Parsha In Parshas Tzav we learn about the Minchas Chavitim. It was an offering that was brought by the Kohain Gadol which was composed of fine flour that was made into twelve loaves that were boiled and baked and then fried in olive oil. The offering was brought every day. Half of the offering was brought in the morning and the other half was brought in the afternoon. The Minchas Chavitim was offered to bring atonement for the sins of the Kohain Gadol...

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Weekly Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 23

March 25, 2023; 3 Nissan, 5783

Parsha The Olah sacrifice is one of the sacrifices in this week’s Parsha that can achieve atonement on the part of the person who brings it. The Olah sacrifice can be brought using a Kosher male domesticated animal. The Midrash explains why it must be brought using a domesticated animal (a Behaima) and not brought using a non-domesticated animal (a Chaya).

The explanation is that a domesticated animal is fed by its master and is therefore given food that the owner wants to give him. A non-domesticated animal, such as a deer, eats from wherever it can obtain its food which can include vegetation that is ownerless, such as in a forest, or vegetation that is owned, such as in someone’s backyard...

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