Weekly Parsha

Parshas Chukas 5778

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Parshas Chukas (5778)

by Mordechai Dolinsky

20:23– In the route going through Edom Rashi relates that there was an inner ambition to come close to Esav which caused the loos the great Aharon HaKohain, although this route was convenient and normal.

Yaakov detested Esav, some deep inner wickedness which made him repel and reject Esav,  “hoi shav”.  This was an issue related to korbanos, to the depth of the kavanos and the true Divine connection which Esav had defected and faulted in, falsehood and sheker.  Klal Yisroel should have been sensitive to this and this made them lose Aharon HaKohain who was the epitome of greatness in the Divine holiness and connection of the korban.

Have a lovely, uplifting Shabbos.

Parshas Korach 5778

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Parshas Korach (5778)

by Mordechai Dolinsk

Korach, Korach, with a home, a wife and family;you can be so happy, so peaceful, so content.  Why was it so essential that a special, unique punishment be created?  Korach was going so radically against the expectancy of the decency of a human being in using his faculties to see the through the truth and not be blinded by drowning ambitions.  The extent and the degree that he conducted himself so wrongly, he had no place on the face of this planet, just to be swallowed by the earth.

We must yearn for Hashem to open our eyes to the truth.

Have a wonderful Shabbos.

Parshas Shlach 5778

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Parshas Shlach (5778)

by Mordechai Dolinsky

15:18 Rashi explains the mitzvah of challah designating a part of the dough has a uniqueness that the requirement to fulfill it is not having to wait for the yerusha and settlement in Eretz Yisroel.   The chiyuv is immediately upon entering the Land and partaking from the bread.  An explanation of this uniqueness may be understood with the insight with the great gift of the lechem.  Hashem injects into these grains the strength of our lives along with the greatest of miracles, the knowledge of the 10 steps critical and crucial necessary in the making of these grains to the magnificent bread.

Have a wonderful Shabbos and looking forward to a happy Chodesh.

Parshas Behaaloscha 5778

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Parshas Behaaloscha 5778

by Mordechai Dolinsky

When the Kohain lights the Menorah it is not for producing practical light to see.  To ensure this the Menorah was set up in a way to remind him.  The kevana must be pure to receive the bracha of light of the Shchinah which brings the light of emes  and closeness to Hashem to all Klal Yisroel.

Have a wonderful, fulfilling, joyous Shabbos.

Parshas Naso 5778

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Parshas Naso 5778

by Mordechai Dolinsky

5:12 Rashi brings that the disloyalty and rebellion of the sotah is not only towards her husband but also against Hashem.  The rebellion against the husband is clear from the halacha aspect and even moreso from the natural instinct.  How can the rebellion apply to Hashem, that the pasuk actually puts them together and equates them, especially the aspect of doing an open act of rebellion.

In order for a marriage to be successful there must be present the presence of Hashem, to make it work.  As much as we invest all of our efforts, which we must do, we all know, see and feel”HE” is there.  In a thousand different ways Hashem is there bringing the couple together.  Her rebellion against Hashem is something truly tangible.

The pasuk that Rashi quotes including Hashem is His role as a warrior, a man of action which according to this understanding has very special meaning.

Have a wonderful, meaningful Shabbos.

Parshas Bechukosai 5778

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Parshas Bechukosia (5778)

by Mordechai Dolinsky

26:41  Hashem promises to go along with Klal Yisroel in galus to keep us tachas HaShchinah.

26:11  Hashem says “I will put my Shchinah amongst you, meaning the Bais HaMikdash, and he makes it a special point that He wont’ be repelled by us, a veru deep thought.

We need a special limud that the amailus batorah should be an auxiliary to the kiyum haMitzvos since the amailus, the intense learning, is in reality an end to itself.  Nevertheless it must be a tool to clarify, help us understand and enhance the fulfillment of the mitzvos.

Have a wonderful Shabbos and chodesh of true Torah Fulfillment.

Parshas Behar 5778

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Parshas Behar 5778

by Mordechai Dolinsky

It is absolutely amazingly awesome the Torah inserts, integrates, imposes itself on the basics of our lives especially in areas where one really and is entitled to feel his personal ownership.

The shmittah, absolutely mind-boggling–he has no input on his own land.  Besides the complete reliance on Hashem for his basic sustenance of life itself.  Then we have the point of ownership, selling and buying his land out of his control.  Then there is his personal body completely bound and controlled to the extent he has the right to sell himself and the buyer to what extent he can use the eved Ivri.

This is all a manifestation of our basic belief Hashem Hu HaElokim.  It is not just talk but it is real and we live it in the extremity as a very real committment to the emes Hashem Hu HaElokim.

Have a wonderful, meaningful Shabbos.

Parshas Emor 5778

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Parshas Emor (5778)

by Mordechai Dolinsky

22:3-4  In our parsha we find that the pasuk expresses the term ‘moed’ for Shabbos.  Rashi brings the limud that if one profanes the Yom Tov it is looked upon and considered as chillul Shabbos, and conversely if one upholds the Yom Tov in its completion it is considered as though he glorifies the Shabbos.  The significance of being considered as profaning the Sabbos could be a type of punishment min HaShomayim.  We can perhaps understand it that the essence of Shabbos the dinim of the 39 melachos declares the most essential foundation of emuna in Hashem as the Borei Olam.  This is the open message.  Perhaps we can say that Yom Tov, likewise, has this declaration in the keeping of all the dinim but in a subtle, not open way, and by chas v’shalom profaning is tantamount to being mechalel Shabbos and by  upholding Yom Tov we declare thye positive message of Shabbos.

Have a wonderful, meaningful Shabbos.

Parshas Acharei-Kedoshim

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Parshas Acharei-Kedoshim 5778

by Mordechai Dolinsky

19:4 Rashi.  The Chumash criticizes and speaks down of one that is trying to rely on some object for some assistance; hoping it will assist him in some way and obviously excluding the Yad Hashem.  HIs mind will be perverted and it will turn into a real avoda zara.  How much we must always focus to make sure that Hashem is in the center of the picture.

Even verbal curse directed to parents is punishable with capital punishment.  How vital and critical is gratitude.

Have a wonderful and meaningful Shabbos.