Download as Word One of the Mitzvoth of this week’s Parsha is Vidui Maasros – Confession of the Maaser. Twice during each Shemita cycle, one had to proclaim that all the various Terumos and Maasros had been given correctly. There are a few questions in the Pesukim and the description of this Mitzvah.The Torah describes…

Download as Word In this week’s Parsha we learn about the Issur to change the Bechora – the right of the firstborn from the child of one wife to that of another. The concept of Bechor requires elucidation and understanding.The Maharal writes that the idea of the Kedusha of the Bechor is well known .…

Download as Word There is an interesting Midrash that the Shem MiShmuel brings, that ties together two ideas at the beginning of this week’s Parsha. His explanation of the Midrash reveals some very deep ideas about the structure of Klal Yisroel. The Midrash describes the throne of Shlomo[1]. It says there were six steps that…

Download as Word In this week’s Parsha something Klal Yisroel did is describes as “every man as is correct in his eyes”. That seems to be a severe Tochacha. That phrase is used twice more in Tanach at the end of Sefer Shoftim. The Pesukim there are describing two very serious transgressions. One is Pilegesh…