Rabbi Haim Shaul

This week’s reading begins a new era in the life of a new generation, since nearly a thirty eight year gap had past since the previous event. When the new…

The episode of the spies was not only disastrous for the generation of the exodus who perished during the 40 years of wandering in the desert, but it has also…

On the day on which we are free from our mundane activities and can appreciate the greatness of G-d’s universe, we contemplate the marvelous sophistication of the natural world.  …

As the genealogy of the Israelite tribes is recorded in the Parashah this week, it is puzzling that when the children of Moshe and Aharon, his brother, are listed, it…

In this weeks Torah portion we are given the Mitzva of counting the Omer for the 49 days leading up to Shavuot. When we think of the wondrous miracles of…

“We don’t see things the way they are, we see them the way WE are.”   This week, the Torah describes the types of defilement that a person can be…

The very first all night educational seminar took place on the night of the Exodus from Egypt.   Mothers and fathers  joined the ranks of teachers and Rabbis investing  in their child’s…

The book of Vayikra is the consolidation of the birth of our nation into an ongoing covenant, completing and affirming the Sinai experience. Most fittingly, the book begins with G-d…

“A person’s drives are related to the degree of one’s intellect.” Rabbi Shneor Zalman of Lidia For example, when children have a strong desire for things that are important to…

Our tradition relates that when Moshe was given the commandment to build the sanctuary which would house the Divine Presence, he was bewildered.   “The entire universe cannot contain the…