Nissan 5, 5772 · March 28, 2012 | General Overview:
| This week's Torah reading, Tzav, continues describing the various sacrifices offered in the Tabernacle and Temple -- a topic started in last week's reading. This is followed by an account of the seven-day inaugural of the Tabernacle. |
 | By Mendel Kalmenson |  |
|  | | THE PARSHAH | | | Leviticus 6:1–8:36
The korbanot again, this time from a priestly perspective; indoor and outdoor fires, the two meanings of "always," and the ten miracles in the Temple . . .
|  |  | | COLUMNISTS | | |
By Yehoshua November |  | | | | There are two ways to deal with our inner demons and dysfunctions. The first, and most natural, would be to fight back. The second approach works by first generating a passion: a passion for G‑d and for spiritual development.
By Rochel Holzkenner | | | | | Unfortunately, moods can sometimes infringe on our relationship with G‑d, and with our fellows as well. "I am just not in the mood for prayer," "I am not in the mood for my kids," "I am in the mood of wasting five hours of my life surfing the Web . . ."
By Levi Avtzon | | | | FEATURED VIDEO | | | A Taste of Text—Tzav
When you love life, you're less likely to feel weighed down by your inadequacies. By Chana Weisberg | | | | | Practical Parshah—Tzav
We learn about the thanksgiving offering (korban todah), which is the basis for the blessing recited when one survives a life-threatening situation. By Mendel Kaplan | | | | | Topics include: The prohibition against extinguishing the fire on the altar as an instruction to banish negative attitudes, the Zohar's explanation of why an impure earthenware vessel must be broken to become pure again, how Aaron and his sons reached the level of holiness attained only by Isaac at the Akeida. By Chaim Miller | | | | FEATURED AUDIO CLASSES | | | A five minute weekly Torah insight based on the wellsprings of Torah and Chassidut. By J. Immanuel Schochet | | | | | In this weeks Torah portion G-d commands: "A continuous fire shall burn upon the altar; it shall not go out". If it should never go out, then obviously it is continuous, an apparent redundancy? By Moshe New | | | | | |
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