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Rambam Yomi week of Balak 5772
A look at the law of Techumim according to Nigleh and Chassidus.
A look at Eruvin according to Nigleh and Chassidus.Rambam Yomi Dvarim 5772
The Torah’s treatment of tzara’at is unlike the treatment of an ordinary physical condition. A visible nega may appear on a person’s skin, clothing, or home, yet its Torah status is determined specifically by a Kohen. Chazal and the classical commentaries describe these afflictions as carrying a message—one that calls upon the affected person to…
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Ezekiel’s land allotment The second instance of land allotment to the Jewish priesthood is prophecized by Yechezkel (“Ezekiel”) – himself a kohen, and prophet of the G-d of Israel.
Story: In the previous generation there was a superb scholar that has been quite unknown beyond his community and those that met him. Rabbi Israel Isaac Kahanovitch, whose Hilula fell on 11 Tammuz (1945), was the Chief Rabbi of all of Western Canada and the Western United States from 1905-1945. Rabbi Kahanovitch attended the…
The Third Bet HaMikdash is an exciting theme and promise in Judasim. On the holy day of Yom Kippur in the Hebrew Calendar year of 3372 (389 BCE) Yechezkel HaNavi (Prophet Ezekiel) was shown a detailed vision of the allotment of the Land of Israel in the messianic era. Yechezkel was also shown a detailed…
עברית The Dignity and Responsibility of the Priesthood Can a Kohen Waive the Honor of the Priesthood? Humility is a virtue. But humility does not require the Kohen to diminish the priestly role entrusted to him. The Torah places the Kohen within Israel in a position of sanctity, instruction, blessing, responsibility, and leadership. THE SHORT…