Erev Pesach Falls on Shabbos When staying in a hotel for Pesach, it can be difficult to have everyone eat chametz, as cleaning up afterwards can be challenging. Therefore, one should eat egg matzah for lechem mishnah on Shabbos. Soap and...
I. Thirty Days Before A Holiday Holidays are much like other things in life in the sense that the more you put into it, the more you get out of it. We are instructed to study the laws...
Parashat Pekudeh begins with a detailed accounting of the precious metals that were donated for the Mishkan, and how were they used. The Torah tells us exactly how much gold, silver and copper was donated, and how much...
You Don’t Necessarily Get What You Pay For In Terms of Divine Presence Being Present The pasuk in Parshas Pekudei says, “All the gold that was used for the work – for all the holy work – the...
Last week, we looked at twenty-six ways that our lives could change because of our sincere pursuit of the chometz that is in our midst prior to Pesach. The pursuit of chometz is a task that we can...
INGREDIENTS: * 1 tsp onion powder * 1 tsp garlic powder * 2 Tbs whole-grain mustard * 2 Tbs honey * 1/4 cup olive oil * 3 lbs baby Yukon gold potatoes DIRECTIONS: These are delicious and I guarantee they...
Those who have jealousy, suffer. The Reishis Chachmah writes, “Someone who has kinah (jealousy) is ‘robbing’ himself. He is always sad. Everyone finds sweetness in life, except for the person who suffers from jealousy. He cannot enjoy his food...
The opening verses of Parashat Pekudeh present an accounting of the precious metals that Beneh Yisrael donated for the construction of the Mishkan. The Torah introduces this section by saying, “Eleh Fekudeh Mishkan, Mishkan Ha’edut” – “These are the calculations...
This Shabbos, we read Parshas Pikudei, completing the second book of the Torah, Sefer Shemos. The final pasuk of the parsha tells us of the anan, the Divine cloud that hovered over the Mishkan. When...
The Long Journey The drama was almost complete. The people exiled in a foreign country for more than two centuries, and for much of that time in unbearable conditions, experienced a miraculous liberation through direct and manifested intervention by...