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Parshat Tazria / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

March 31, 2019

Tazria: Rabbi Abraham

UNIVERSAL TORAH by Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum This year the two portions of TAZRIA and METZORA are both read together on Shabbat April 13. TAZRIA, Leviticus 12:1-13:59 In last week’s parshah, SHEMINI, the Torah set...

Parshat Shmini / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

March 24, 2019

Shemini: Rabbi Abraham

THE EIGHTH DAY By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum The “eighth day” with which our parshah of SHEMINI opens was the first day of the month of Nissan, one year since the Exodus from Egypt. This...

Parshat Tzav / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

March 17, 2019

Tzav: Rabbi Avraham

By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: Parshas TZAV Leviticus 6:1-8:36 THE ALTAR FIRE Parshas TZAV is taken up with sacrificial laws and rituals. For many people, it is easier to relate to narrative portions...

Parshat Vayakhel / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

February 24, 2019

Vayakhel: Rabbi Abraham

Lessons for Humanity Torah Reading: Exodus 35:1-38:20 GATHERING OF THE PEOPLE The parshah of VAYAKHEL opens with the words: “And Moses gathered together all the Community of Israel.” (Exodus 35:1). According to our sages,...

Parshat Tetzaveh / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

February 10, 2019

Tetzaveh: Rabbi Avraham

By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: TETZAVEH Exodus 27:20-30:10 Haftara: Ezekiel 43:10-27. LIFE IN THE HOUSE In last week’s parshah of TERUMAH, the Torah taught us the form and shape of the House of...

Parshat Mishpatim / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

January 27, 2019

Mishpatim: Rabbi Avraham

By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: MISHPATIM Exodus 21:1-24:18 Haftara: Jeremiah 34:8-22, 33:25-26 As indicated by its name of MISHPATIM, “the Laws”, much of our parshah is made up of laws — the basics...

Parshat Va'eira / Rabbi Abraham

December 30, 2018

Parashat Va’eira | Rabbi Avraham

The dramatic story of the redemption of the enslaved people of Israel from their Egyptian masters takes up the first four portions of the book of Exodus. Of these, the second – our present...

Parshat Vayeishev / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

November 25, 2018

Vayeishev: Rabbi Avraham

By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: VAYEISHEV Gen. 37:1-40:23 “FROM THE DEPTH OF HEBRON”: JACOB & HIS CHILDREN “These are the generations of Jacob. These are their dwellings and rollings (GILGULIM) until they came...

Parshat Chayei Sarah / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

October 27, 2018

Chayey Sarah: Rabbi Abraham

By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: CHAYEY SARAH Gen. 23:1-25:18. Haftara I Kings 1, 1-31 THE LIFE OF SARAH The parshah opens with LIFE — the LIFE of Sarah — even though it goes...

Parshat Lech Lecha / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

October 14, 2018

Lech Lecha: Rabbi Avraham

By Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: Gen. 12.1-17.27. Haftara Isaiah 40.27-41.16. No spiritual seeker fail to be thrilled by the challenge in G-d’s words to Abraham with which this parshah begins: “Go to YOUR SELF.”....

Bnei Noach / Parshat Noach / The Path of the Righteous Gentile

October 11, 2018

Path of the Righteous Gentile: Seven Laws of Noah

Chapter Four The Seven Laws of Noah 1. With respect to God’s commandments, all of humanity is divided into two general classifications: the Children of Israel and the Children of Noah. 2. The Children...

Parshat Re'eh

August 11, 2018

The LORD Your G-D Will Choose

One of the things that the Israelites are commanded to do when they enter the land is to level and wipe out all the cult sites (places of idolatrous worship) they find there (Deut....

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