Parsha

By Rabbi Moshe Bloom Torah VeHa’aretz Institute “Make for me a Sanctuary and I will dwell within your midst” (Sh’mot 25:8). The verse above should look strange to anyone following Jewish history...

By Rabbi Moshe Bloom Torah VeHa’aretz Institute “Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield; but in the seventh you shall let it rest and lie fallow....

By Rabbi Yossy Goldman אם בגפו יבוא בגפו יצא If he came in alone, he goes out alone. —Sh’mos 21:3 Once upon a time, Yiddish-speaking Jews coined the term “luftmentsh” to describe that...

By Rabbi Yossy Goldman What is the definition of a well-balanced individual? One who has a chip on both shoulders! This week we read the Ten Commandments. The great Revelation at...

By Rabbi Moshe Bloom Torah VeHa’aretz Institute “Whoever prophesied did so either in Eretz Yisrael or concerning Eretz Yisrael … Jeremiah’s prophecy was . He prophesied in the portion of Egypt...

  By Rabbi Moshe Bloom Torah VeHa’aretz Institute Wedding Preparations Our parashah highlights how both G-d and the Jewish People take steps to draw closer to one another, like a groom and bride...

By Rabbi Moshe Bloom Torah VeHa’aretz Institute “I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give it to you...

By Rabbi Moshe Bloom Torah VeHa’aretz Institute “I have come down to rescue them from the Egyptians and to bring them out of that land to a good and spacious land,...

By Rabbi Yossy Goldman He expired and was gathered unto his people. –Bereishis 49:33 A book’s title reflects the theme of the book. Likewise, the titles of our parashiyos should be accurate...

By Rabbi Moshe Bloom Torah VeHa’aretz Institute “Simeon and Levi are brothers; their weapons are a stolen craft. Let not my soul be included in their council, let not my being...