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Dvar Torah Parshat Achre Mot-Kedoshim 5772 2012

The Portion of Kedoshim tells us that we must be holy. Just exactly how are we supposed to act to be holy? The Torah tells us how by explaining all the different moral and ethical laws we should follow. Unfortunately, there are people who think that by cutting oneself off from the community and living [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Parshat Kedoshim 5771 2011

There is a verse in the Torah reading of this week that deals with the treatment of two different types of handicapped individuals. LO TEKALLEL CHERESH VELIFNE IVER LO TITTEN MICHSHOL, “You shall not curse the deaf, and you shall not place a stumbling block before the blind…”. (Lev. 19,14) This verse is obviously admonishing [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Parshat Achre Mot-Kedoshim 2009 5769 דבר תורה פרשת אחרי מות – קדושים

Hashem relays the message through Moshe to Bnei Israel and says: USHMARTEM ET CHUKOTAI VE’ET MISHPATAI ASHER YA’ASEH OTAM HA’ADAM VACHAI BAHEM…, “You shall observe My decrees and My laws which man shall carry out and by which he shall live…”. (Lev. 18,5) It should be noted that the Torah does not say a Jew [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Parshat Kedoshim 2008 – 5768 – דבר תורה פרשת קדושים תשס”ח

Some people believe, and for that matter some religions teach, that a person is holy when he lives as an ascetic and cuts himself off from the mundane world. He should have no interests in material acquisitions and should avoid any physical pleasures. Not so the Jewish religion. The opening of the Sidra and its [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Achre Mot – Kedoshim 2007 – 5767 דבר תורה אחרי מות – קדושים

The Torah tells us that we should not follow MA’ASEH MITZRAYAIM nor MA’ASEH ERETZ CANAAN, the ways of MITZRAYAIM nor the ways of CANAAN. (Lev. 18,3) The obvious meaning is not to pursue their idolatrous practices. Someone, however, gave it a different twist. The Jews of Egypt got used to living in Galut and were [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Achre Mot – Kedoshim 2006 – 5766 דבר תורה אחרי מות – קדושים

The Torah says: ET MISHPATAI TA’ASU … LALECHET BAHEM, “carry out my laws … to walk in them”. (Lev. 18,4) To walk in them is a strange expression. Yet the entire code of Jewish law is based on this expression. We call the Jewish law HALACHAH which means walking. The use of this expression is [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Achre Mot – Kedoshim 2004 – 5764 דבר תורה אחרי מות – קדושים

In the beginning of the second Portion we read this Shabbat Hashem tells Bnei Israel that they should be holy “…because I am holy…” ANI HASHEM ELOKECHEM, “I am Hashem your God”. (Lev. 19,2) Rabbi Chiya said: At first, (in the Ten Commandments) Hashem said: ELOKECHA, ZECHOR (remember to keep the Sabbath holy) in the [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Achre Mot – Kedoshim 2002 – 5762 דבר תורה אחרי מות – קדושים

We read a very peculiar law that tells us we should not curse the deaf. (Lev. 19:14) It is certainly forbidden to curse another individual because you cause him embarrassment and Chazal tell us if one embarrasses another it is as if he killed him. This we are told is because when a person is [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Achre Mot – Kedoshim 2000 – 5760 דבר תורה אחרי מות

On Yom Kippur at Mincha time we read from the Torah a passage from this week’s Sidra Achre Mot. (Lev.18;3) The Torah says do not do the things that are done in the Land of Egypt. This is a strange command since all the laws are spelled out in the Torah, including those things that [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Kedoshim 5 2005 – 5765 דבר תורה קדושים

The opening words of this week’s Sidra tell us that we have to be holy, KEDOSHIM TIHEYU, “You shall be holy”. (Lev. 19,2) How are we to be holy? What are we to do to be holy? The answer may be found in the Berachot we make before performing a Mitzvah. We always say ASHER [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Kedoshim 3 2003 – 5763 דבר תורה קדושים

This week’s portion warns against gossiping. The Torah says LO TELECH RACHIL BE’AMECHA, “Do not go about your people telling gossip.” (Lev. 19:16) If we are not to speak gossip, why are we told “among your people”? It should simply say, “Do not tell gossip”. Many people know it is wrong to tell tales about [ READ MORE ]

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