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Tazria-Metzora | The Twitter Sacrifice
Search Google for the definition of Twitter and the first result will tell you that, “Twitter is a free social networking site where...
Leron Bernstein
Apr 18, 20232 min read
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Shmini | Silence
It’s almost too much to believe that this Shabbat we read Parshat Shmini - confronting the death of the sons of Aharon - two brothers,...
Leron Bernstein
Apr 11, 20232 min read
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Tzav | Make Sure It Fits!
Where does a Kohen shop for clothes? Surely that's unnecessary - they wear very specific uniforms, no? The Kohen should just be able to...
Leron Bernstein
Mar 29, 20232 min read
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Vayikra | Give it with Soul!
There is one small word at the start of Chapter 2 that breaks through all the very technical descriptions of the sacrifices to teach a...
Leron Bernstein
Mar 22, 20232 min read
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Vayakhel | Are we in the wrong book? How did we land up here?
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks zt”l asks an astounding question on this Parsha. Why is the detailed description of the Mishkan in Sefer Shemot,...
Leron Bernstein
Mar 15, 20232 min read
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Ki Tissa | Do we even count?
Our Bobbas and Zaidas warned us well against the calamities that would befall us and our friends if we counted them directly! This...
Leron Bernstein
Mar 9, 20232 min read
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Tetzaveh | Hey! Where’s the boss gone?!
Someone really important is missing from this week’s Parsha! Search for Moshe’s name and you won’t find it. The Ba’al Haturim confirms...
Leron Bernstein
Feb 26, 20232 min read
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Terumah | Visionary Planting
Parshat Terumah goes into vast detail when describing the many measurements and materials of the Mishkan. There is powerful symbolism in...
Leron Bernstein
Feb 22, 20232 min read
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Mishpatim | The ‘What’ is in the Details?
Finding ourselves still in the midst of receiving the Torah, it seems fairly out of place to reference the idiom reflected at the start...
Leron Bernstein
Feb 15, 20232 min read
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Yitro | The View from the Bottom of the Mountain
"וַיּוֹצֵ֨א מֹשֶׁ֧ה אֶת־הָעָ֛ם לִקְרַ֥את הָֽאֱלֹהִ֖ים מִן־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וַיִּֽתְיַצְּב֖וּ בְּתַחְתִּ֥ית הָהָֽר׃ “Moshe led the people out...
Leron Bernstein
Feb 7, 20231 min read
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Beshalach | “Speak to Bnei Yisrael, they must go forward”
Parshat Beshalach marks a pivotal moment in Am Yisrael’s development. The nation defined by a destructive era of slavery is called upon...
Leron Bernstein
Jan 28, 20231 min read
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