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Dvar Torah Parshat Vayikra 5772 2012

The Torah is discussing the various sacrifices that one must bring to atone for a transgression. Among these laws we find also sacrifices that a נשיא or the ruler of the people must bring when he transgresses. This in itself is noteworthy that the נשיא, the ruler of the Jewish people, should be guilty of [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Parshat Vayikra 5771 2011

This week we begin to read the third book of the Torah. Most of it is devoted to the Priestly Code and the offerings that Jews had to bring on various occasions. We find in nature that power rules. Which animals are the most feared ones? Certainly the wild animals that run freely through the [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Parshat VaYikra 5770 2010

The third book of the Torah, VaYikra, starts by telling us VAYIKRA EL MOSHE, “And He called Moshe…”. (Lev. 1,1) Hashem called Moshe and told him to enter the Mishkan. Moshe was responsible for building the Mishkan. Moshe was the leader of the Jewish people. Moshe took them out of Egypt and led them through [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Parshat Vayikra 2009 5769 דבר תורה פרשת ויקרא

The Book of Vayikra deals mostly with the laws of the Kohanim and the laws of Korbanot or sacrifices. One of the Korbanot is the Korban Chatat which is a sin-offering. When someone transgresses unwittingly he is to bring this sacrifice to atone. The Torah adds: ASHER NASI YECHETA, “When a ruler sins…” (Lev. 4,22) [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Vayikra 2008 – 5768 דבר תורה ויקרא

The Midrash Shemot Rabbah (19;3) provides an interesting honorable and admirable way a person should conduct himself. It relates a Rabbinic teaching that Moshe Rabbenu had a logical reason for not entering into the Mishkan until he was called as we learn in the opening word of this new Book of the Bible which we [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Vayikra 7 2007 – 5767 דבר תורה ויקרא

This third book of the Torah begins with the words: VAYIKRA EL MOSHE, “And He called to Moshe …”. The last letter in the word VAYIKRA is an Aleph and it is written smaller than the rest of the letters. There are many explanations given for this and most of them point to the fact [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Vayikra 6 2006 – 5766 דבר תורה ויקרא

Our Sidra talks about the sacrifices which the Jews had to bring on specific occasions for transgression or thanksgiving. The opening words read VAYIKRA EL MOSHE, “And He called to Moshe… “ (Lev. 1,1) The word VAYIKRA is written with a small Aleph and the Baal Haturim explains that Moshe wrote the word with modesty [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Vayikra 5 2005 – 5765 דבר תורה ויקרא

The Torah says: VE’IM TAKRIV MINCHAT BIKURIM, “and if you bring a meal offering of the first grain … “ (Lev. 2,14) Rashi points out on this Pasuk that this was not an optional choice. The Torah is talking here about bringing the Omer that was obligatory and not optional. The word IM (if) is [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Vayikra 4 2004 – 5764 דבר תורה ויקרא

The Torah tells us that when the leader of the people such as the Kohen Gadol transgresses unintentionally, he has to bring a special KORBAN. (Lev. 4:2) This Korban is not the ordinary sacrifice that a person brings when he commits a sin unintentionally. Then he brings a CHATAT. The leader, however, has to bring [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Vayikra 3 2003 – 5763 דבר תורה ויקרא

The Book of VaYikra deals with the sacrifices that Bnei Yisrael had to bring on various occasions. The instructions to Moshe start by saying ADAM KI YAKRIV MIKEM KORBAN, “if one of you will bring a Korban.” This sentence speaks in the singular, “one of you”. It follows, however, and says, TAKRIVU ET KORBANCHEM, “you [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Vayikra 1 2001 – 5761 דבר תורה ויקרא

The Torah tells us in the beginning of this week’s Sidra that Hashem called to Moshe from the Ohel Moed. Rashi says the voice of Hashem reached Moshe but none of the Israelites heard it .The question raised is, how come the voice of Hashem, which is so powerful, could only be heard by Moshe [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Vayikra 2 2002 – 5762 דבר תורה ויקרא

With this week’s Sidra we start a new book of the Torah. In VaYikra we read mostly about the Korbanot although there are numerous other and most significant laws of the Torah. In the Portion we read this week are the many laws pertaining to bringing the offerings and the sacrifices on the Mizbe’ach. One [ READ MORE ]

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