Dear Parents,
This Shabbos is Rosh Chodesh, as well as the special Shabbos of Parshas Hachodesh. In describing Chodesh Nissan, Parshas Hachodesh states "החדש הזה לכם ראש החדשים – This month shall be for you the beginning of the months.” The mitzvah of Kiddush Hachodesh was the first mitzvah given to...
Dear Parents,
Parshas Shemini teaches us that there are two סימנים that a kosher animal must possess. The Torah singles out four animals that one may not eat despite the fact that they have one of the two סימני כשרות. The pig (חזיר) is the most commonly known; it is אסור because although it has a split hoof, it does not chew its cud....
Dear Parents,
Did you enjoy your Purim seudah? Did you enjoy singing and dancing with friends?
We have an insight into this simchah from this week’s parshah detailing the halochos of the קרבן תודה, the thanksgiving offering. The korbon was to be eaten by midnight the evening after it...
Dear Parents,
Did you know that there is a hidden message in the first posuk in Sefer Vayikra? “And He called to Moshe and Hashem spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying …” The word לאמר , “saying," seems to be extra.
Rashi explains that the word לאמר teaches us that although the Voice was loud and powerful, it...
