BaMidbar- weekly Torah portion
The root Pe.Kof.Dalet. (פ.ק.ד.) is used in this week’s portion of the Torah, that opens the book of numbers, in two different meanings....


Behukotai- weekly Torah portion
After going over many laws and commandments we read in this week’s portion from the Torah two promises. The first deals with what shall...


BeHar Sinai- weekly Torah portion
It is with great sense of pride that I am devoting the week’s Dvar Torah to my daughter Limor on the occasion of receiving her MD degree....


Amor - weekly Torah portion
At the end of this week’s portion of the Torah, Emor, we are confronted with an interesting story that appears after a variety of...


Acherei Mot and Kedoshim - weekly Torah portion
Once again we find ourselves reading two portions of the Torah on the same Shabbat, this time we are reading from “Acherei Mot” and from...


Tazria-Metzora - weekly Torah portion
Keeping the body, cloth, household items or the house clean and pure, and ways of doing so, is the crux of the teachings of the two...


Sh'mini - weekly Torah portion
Kashrut is certainly a tough cookie. In the last chapter of Shmini, the portion we read on this Shabbat, we recite, “Speak to the sons of...


VaYikra- weekly Torah portion
This Shabbat we read the first portion from the book of Leviticus, burning through one offering after another, one sacrifice following...


VaYakhel-Pekuday- weekly Torah portion
We are just about to finish the book of Exodus, reading the last two portions of the Torah reading. The work on the Mishkan, the...


Purim
In the very many years I got to speak in my “Natan Ya” home congregation, and other congregations, I always refrained from doing so on...

