Parshas Naso: A Special Child
Many years ago, when I served as an eighth-grade rebbi, I had the pleasure of teaching a grandson of Rav Shimon Schwab z’tl. At the Bar...
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Neshama Staff
- May 24, 2017
- 8 min
A Community Never Dies
Interruption of Shivah A teaching in the Mishna defines the duties of a Jew who is in mourning at the outset of a festival. “Regalim...
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Neshama Staff
- May 17, 2017
- 1 min
The Weekly Sabbatical
“G‑d spoke to Moses on Mt. Sinai and said . . . Six years you may plant your fields . . . and the seventh year shall be Shabbat. You...
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Neshama Staff
- May 10, 2017
- 1 min
Parshas Emor: Natural Death
Emor(Leviticus 21-24) Natural Death The Torah (Leviticus 21:5) prohibits various extreme forms of mourning the death of loved ones. As...
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Neshama Staff
- May 3, 2017
- 2 min
Kedoshim: Improving Your Reproving
Kedoshim (Leviticus 19-20) Improving Your Reproving You shall reprove your fellow and do not bear a sin because of him. (Lev. 19:17) The...
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Neshama Staff
- Apr 20, 2017
- 3 min
What I Was Chosen To Do
Moshe said to Aaron, “Come near to the Alter and perform the service of your sin-offering and your burnt-offering and provide atonement...
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Neshama Staff
- Apr 5, 2017
- 3 min
Pesach
Pesach is the holiday of memory and of hope. Memory is really the key to Jewish survival and a meaningful Jewish life. All of the rituals...
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Neshama Staff
- Mar 30, 2017
- 2 min
Your Special Prayers
As I was once teaching my class years ago, we received news from the secretary about a distressing situation which had occurred Israel....
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Neshama Staff
- Mar 22, 2017
- 3 min
It's Not What You Do, It's How You Do It
This week’s parshios, Vayakhel-Pekudei, both seem somewhat redundant. We find Moshe taking up the collection from the people to build the...
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Neshama Staff
- Mar 15, 2017
- 2 min
A Life Lesson
Ki Tisa (Exodus 30:11-34:35) LISTEN! Moses came down from the mountain after receiving the Ten Commandments from God and heard a lot of...
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