Vayikra

Sefer Vayikra serves as the “central” book of the Chumash; on one side flanked by Breisheet and Shemot, which detail the founding of the Jewish people; and on the other side by Bamidbar and Devarim, detailing the long and arduous…

This week the focus of the Torah reading shifts from the construction of the Mishkan to the korbanot, one (but only one) of the purposes of building the Mishkan in the first place and its successor the Beit Hamikdash.   While many…

Modern psychological research has shown that infants begin processing information even before they are born, and impressions made on children have an everlasting effect. It is for this reason that the Mishna in Pirkei Avot (2:11) heaps praise…