Naso 5771-2011
"Finding Variety in the Seemingly Identical"
Even though, each day, identical gifts were delivered at the dedication ceremony of the Tabernacle by another of the 12 tribal princes, each prince felt the very special individual significance of his own tribe’s gift.
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Bamidbar 5771-2011
“Good Neighbors and Bad Neighbors”
The commentators explain that there are different ways in which good neighbors and bad neighbors impact upon those who live nearby.
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Bechukotai 5771-2011
"Peace--The Greatest of All Blessings"
G-d’s reproof of the Jewish people always begins with abundant blessings. The series of blessings that precede the reproof in parashat Bechukotai conclude with perhaps the most exalted of all blessings–-the blessing of peace.
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Behar-Yom Ha’atzmaut 5771-2011
"A State is not Delivered on a Silver Platter"
One of the most moving stories to be told regarding the contemporary State of Israel, concerns a great European rabbi, Rabbi Yisroel Zeev Gustman and a famed professor of economics, Robert J. Aumann.
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Emor 5771-2011
"Sanctifying and Defiling G-d’s Name"
Two prominent laws are found in parashat Emor that serve as foremost guideposts for the proper behavior of the Jewish people. Kiddush Hashem calls for the sanctification of G-d’s name. Hillul Hashem forbids the profanation and desecration of G-d’s name.
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