Download as PDF The reading of Parshas Parah is described as[1],“The purification of Klal Yisrael.” The Yerushalmi says that really Parshas HaChodeshshould have been before Parshas Parah, since the Parah Adumah was brought onthe second of Nissan, as opposed to Chodesh which is about Rosh Chodesh Nissan.But in order to put the purification of Klal…

Download as a PDF One of the more puzzling Halachos is that of drinking on Purim. “A person is obligated to become inebriated on Purim till he does not know the difference between cursed is Haman and blessed is Mordechai”.[1] The Mishnah Berurah says[2] that this halacha seems to run counter to the very fabric…

Download as PDF There are a number of questions on the first Pasuk in Pekudei[1]. But we will concentrate on one aspect. What does it mean, “And these are the enumerations – פקודי – of the Mishkan, the Mishkan of testimony”? Why is the word Mishkan repeated? Would it not be sufficient to say it…

Download as a PDF Parshas Vayakhel describes the process of the donations to the Bais HaMikdosh. But there are a few points worth highlighting. When the Torah describes the gold that was brought, it tells us not only the sum total, but what the donations came from. Specifically, it describes the jewelry that the gold…

I did not write on the Parsha, just on an idea about Chodesh Adar Download as PDF The Letter of Adar Sefer Yetzirah teaches that each month has a number of fundamental ideas. Among them are a letter, a Shevet, and a behavior. (This is a entire topic, which will be discussed elsewhere.) Shevat is…