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The Four Questions The opening verse of this parsha states: “These are the offspring of Noach. Noach was a perfectly

Which is the Most Important Holiday? If we were to be asked which of the Holy Days we observe during

Three Areas of Judgment If a matter of judgment is hidden from you, between blood and blood, between verdict and

What is a Mezuzah? A Mezuzah is a scroll of parchment upon which a scribe has written two paragraphs of

“Today” versus “Now” The Torah uses the word “today” frequently, especially in the Book of Devarim-Deuteronomy which contains 64 references

  Shortly after Rabbi Joseph Babad (author of the classic work Minchat Chinuch) was appointed as the rabbi of Tarnipol

Four Times af When Korach’s cohorts, Dasan and Aviram, rebuffed Moses’ pleas for them to abandon their rebellion, they said, among

Complaining This week’s parsha is about Jews complaining and crying: “Moses heard the people weeping with their families…” The Talmud

Confession in the Plural In the first parsha we read after the Festival of Shavuos, the season of the giving

​​​​​​​Connections The Ten Commandments (or more correctly, the Ten Statements) are not just a collection of disparate laws.  There is a