Shemini - weekly Torah portion
In most cases God speaks to Moses and then Moses either speaks to Aaron or directly to the Israelites. Only in some cases we read about a...


Chol HaMo-eid Pesach - weekly Torah portion
On Passover’s Shabbat we read from the Haftarah the Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones of Ezekiel. In his vision he sees a “…valley; and...


Tzav - weekly Torah portion
As an engineer by profession, the thought of lack of advance planning of things that may fail or happen is quite a concern. At times...


Vayikra - weekly Torah portion
Many sins are described in the portion of the Torah that we read this week from the Book of Leviticus. We also learn the ways to cleanse...


Vayak'heil-P'kudei - weekly Torah portion
On this Shabbat we read two portions of the Torah and with that conclude the reading of the book of Exodus. From our reading we learn,...


Ki Tisa- weekly Torah portion (in memory of Yitzhak Eliezer Marko z”l
This past Tuesday my father, Yitschak Marko, has passed away after a brief fight against a violent case of cancer. The last two months of...


Tetzaveh- weekly Torah portion
There is no better time for us to read from this week’s portion of the Torah the words “You shall charge the sons of Israel, that they...


“Have Them Make a Tabernacle for Me and I will Dwell among Them” – Thoughts for Parashat Terumah and
The Book of Exodus comprises three sections: nation building, receiving the Torah, and building the tabernacle. The portion we will...


Terumah - weekly Torah portion
Moses is on Mount Sinai, and he will be there for a total of forty days and forty nights before he returns to the Israelites. He receives...


Mishpatim - weekly Torah portion
In many ways this week’s portion of the Torah begins to take the very succinct words of the Ten Commandments and attempts to provide us a...

