Torah reading

This week's Torah reading is called "In the desert" and describes the travelling of the Jewish people through the desert, before entering the Land of Israel. What does this teach us?

In this week's reading we learn about the way a person is supposed to learn Torah. It's not enough to learn the ideas and not even to keep the commandments, rather, the way you learn shows on how connected you are to that which you are learning.

In this week's Torah reading we learn about the laws of land selling. On the fiftieth year, all land had to go back to it's original owner. The way the Torah expresses this idea gives room for deeper understanding of our relationship with Him.

This week's Torah reading mentions the commandment for Kohanim (priests) not to get impure with the ritual impurity of a dead body. From the wording the scripture uses, we learn that the adults have to educate the children. However the Torah repeats this idea three times over the texts. Why?

This week's Torah reading mentions the commandment of Orla: you cannot take benefit of the fruits of the first three years of a newly planted tree. Our sages explain a law regarding annulation of those fruits when they become mixed with other fruits. Chassidic thought extracts a fundamental teaching out of this law.

In this week's reading we find the story of Nadav and Avihu, two sons of Aharon that perished "while getting close to God". However we find in a previous reading, parashat Shmini, that they perished because they offered a "strange fire that God did not command". What's the connection between these two reasons that the…  Leer más » Parashat Acharei Mot - Getting close to God

This week we don't read a specific parasha (section of the Torah). Rather, we read about Pesach itself. In the reading of prophets after the Torah (Haftara) we read Ezekiel's chapter 37 about the dry bones. What's the connection to Pesach?

The festival of Pesach - Passover gives us an eternal message of transcendence over our own limitations.

In this week's Torah reading we learn how was the process of purification of a person that had Tzaraat, a miraculous disease that produced stains and patches in the skin, garments and walls. There's a deeper way of understanding what this person actually was. The connection to 11th of Nissan, birthday of the Rebbe.

In this week's reading, called Tazría (to give birth) the Torah starts with the laws of a miraculous disease: Tzaraat. Stains and patches would appear in a person's skin, garments and walls. Our sages teach how the process of the disease would go and the Chassidic thought brings a deep explanation of our sages words,…  Leer más » Parashat Tazria - Do you have stains?

In this Torah section we read about the signs that the animals should have in order to be apt for Jewish consumption. What can we learn from the fact that they have to have split hoofs?

In this week's reading called Tzav we have a profound teaching about the heart of each person. The Torah gives a message on: lighting a fire on it and, moreover, being careful it should not be extinguished.

In this week Torah reading we find a nuance that can give us a proper understanding of the difference between Moshe and Adam (the first man). This difference is an eternal teaching.

We find an interesting connection between the end of the second book of Torah (parashat Pekudey) and the beginning of the next book (parashat Vayikra). This connection gives us a message of hope even in the darkest moments of life.

We find that two specific people were the directors of the work in the building of the Tabernacle (Mishkan): Betzalel and Oholiov. When we explore their ascendance, we'll find an interesting fact and an important teaching in G-d's service.

In this week's reading we find one of the most famous stories: the sin of the Golden Calf. Moshe brakes the Tablets because of this. However, we find that God Himself thanked Moshe for braking the Tablets. In light of this: What is the message Moshe was conveying by braking the Tablets?

In this week's reading we learn two important lessons from the fact that Moshe's name is not mentioned.

A parasha means a section of the reading of the Torah (Scriptures). Each year we repeat this reading learning new and deeper meanings that help up to become better people and the closer to the Creator.