10 Feb MARAK KATOM
INGREDIENTS: 48 oz. package cubed butternut squash 6 peeled and diced sweet potatoes 3 lbs peeled and cubed carrots 2 15 oz cans pumpkin puree 2 chopped onions 1 tbsp baharat spice 4 cups vegetable stock or consume 4 cups water...
INGREDIENTS: 48 oz. package cubed butternut squash 6 peeled and diced sweet potatoes 3 lbs peeled and cubed carrots 2 15 oz cans pumpkin puree 2 chopped onions 1 tbsp baharat spice 4 cups vegetable stock or consume 4 cups water...
I. Shul Sanctions Shuls (synagogues) need funding in order to maintain the building and provide services to members. This is clear and obvious. It is uncomfortable to talk about such matters because we want to focus on religious growth and...
If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, do not act toward them as a creditor; exact no interest from them. Shemos 22:24 Introduction Reuven was approached by Shimon, who was in a difficult financial situation. Shimon...
We are obligated to feel as if there is no obligation at all. One of the many laws in Mishpatim is the mitzvah to provide interest- free loans to those in need, im kessef talveh es ami...
Parashat Mishpatim begins with the subject of Eved Ivri – the Jewish servant. In ancient times, there were certain situations in which a person who fell into financial straits would sell himself as a servant. The Torah...
Were The Sages Using an Antonym or a Synonym? At the end of six years of work, all Jewish servants go free from their masters. (A Jew becomes a servant either by selling himself because he is destitute...
“There are many reasons given why the Torah is compared to water.” In these parshious of Yisro and Mishpatim, we are given much information about the Torah. A famous metaphor for Torah is mayim, water, as in the verse,...
The Tzlach writes, “There is no greater rebellion against the King of the world than to speak in his heichel, in His presence. He is making the holy air tamei, similar to the Yevanim who made the mizbeiach tamei. Speaking...
The Story of Yisro The opening of this week’s parsha tells the story of the priest of Midian, Yisro, who chooses to come to the wilderness to spend time with the fledgling Jewish nation. “Yisro, the priest of Midian,...
The Torah’s description of Matan Torah, the most seminal moment in human history, a moment that defined not only a nation but gave meaning and purpose to the very creation of the world, is extremely powerful and dynamic,...