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Kedoshim: What is the hallmark of a Torah scholar?
Transcript What is the hallmark of a Torah scholar? Parshat Kedoshim presents us with the well known verse, “Veahavta lereacha kemocha,” – “Love your fellow as yourself.” Rabbi Akiva famously -
Acharei Mot Kedoshim: Holiness is probably not what you think
Transcript What is holiness? When we hear the term holy, we conjure up all types of images in our mind but actually the concept of kedusha, holiness, is quite -
D’var Torah: Acharei Mot-Kedoshim
You can live forever. This is the conclusion of Targum Unkalus, the Aramaic translation of the Torah. In its comment on an important verse in this week’s Parshah of Achrei -
D’var Torah: Parashat Kedoshim
Is ‘holiness’ for you? Parashat Kedoshim holds the record. It’s a record that relates to words. As is well known, the title of a Parasha comes from the first key -
Dvar Torah: Parashat Acharei-Mot Kedoshim
In this week's Dvar Torah for Acharei-Mot Kedoshim, the Chief Rabbi explains why the Kohen Gadol, the High Priest would prepare just as carefully to leave the Holy Sanctuary as he would to enter it. -
D’var Torah: Parashat Acharei Mot – Kedoshim
In his D’var Torah this week, the Chief Rabbi asks us the question: Have you ever terribly misjudged a person? Have you ever terribly misjudged a person? In Parshat Kedoshim, -
D’var Torah: Parashat Kedoshim
In his D’var Torah for this week the Chief Rabbi focuses on two Chukim (decrees from God without a logical basis) that pertain to the crossbreeding of seeds and the -
Shelach Lecha: How not to use the Torah
Transcript It is possible for a person to be an expert in Torah law without practising any of it. For example, this could be an academic who has studied the -
Acharei Mot: Sometimes exceptions are unacceptable
Transcript: Sometimes, exceptions are unacceptable. In Parshat Acharei Mot Kedoshim (Vayikra 18:5), we are given this mitzvah: “Ushmartem et chukotai v’et mishpatai.” – “You must safeguard my laws and ordinances,” -
Va’era: How you can be as great as Moshe
Transcript: Who was greater: Moshe or Aharon? In Parshat Va’era the Torah provides us with the genealogy of the tribe of Levi. We arrive in this list at the household
