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To listen to the recording, click on https://youtu.be/00642AFKu0U Today I‘d like to talk about Commandment number 6 – “You shall not kill”. Why did God have to tell us…you shall not kill? Didn’t He form the first Israeli army when we left Egypt over 4000 years ago. There’s a difference between killing and murdering. I believe that it […]
¿Que mensaje comunico hoy en día? Emor 19 Iyar 5781 En esta porción Emor אֱמֹר, que se podría traducir como “diles”, es una porción muy rica las cuales podríamos resumir que nos enseña acerca de las instrucciones de comportamiento para que el sumo sacerdote y los sacerdotes puedan mantenerse puros y presentarse delante de Hashem en […]
What message am I sending today? Emor 19 Iyar 5781 by Mauricio Quintero From this portion Emor אֱמֹר, which can be translated as “tell them”, there are so many teachings that we can apply to our lives today. It speaks about how the Cohen HaGadol, the High Priest and the cohanim were to behave, so that they […]
To listen to the recording, click on https://youtu.be/dbJl7Dr7pcQ The more I listen to the balagan (craziness) going on in this world, the more the Ten Commandments make sense. Our loving Creator knows what we need more than we do, even if we don’t want to hear about it. How often have parents tried to warn their children […]
¡La verdadera moralidad viene de arriba, no de nosotros! En Ajarei Mot (Después de la muerte) leemos sobre la muerte de los dos hijos de Aaron e inmediatamente las reglas para los rituales en Yom Kipur, para que nadie más tuviera que correr el mismo destino de estos dos jóvenes. Yom Kippur יוֹם כִּפֻּרִ se ha traducido […]
True Morality Comes from above, Not from Us! In Acharei Mot (After the death) we read about the death of Aaron’s two sons immediately followed by the rules for the rituals at Yom Kippur so that no one else would have to meet the same fate as these two young men. Yom Kippur יוֹם כִּפֻּרִhas been […]
To listen to the recording, click on https://youtu.be/bP0C2PtRZzI The fourth commandment says: “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shall you labour, and do all your work; but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God; in it, you shall not do any manner of work, neither you, nor […]
¿Estoy eligiendo vida o muerte? Estos dobles parashiot Tazria – Metzora hablan de ser tahor – טָהוֹר y tamei – טָמֵא que normalmente se traducen como puros e impuros o limpios e inmundos, pero el rabino Percy o como firmó su nombre – Ranebi, nos enseñó que es mejor usar las palabras presentable e impresentable. Tahor representa la vida […]
Am I Choosing Life or Death? These double parashiot Tazria – Metzora speak of being tahor – טָהוֹר and tamei – טָמֵא which are normally translated as pure and impure or clean and unclean but Rabbi Percy or as he signed his name – Ranebi, taught us that it’s better to use the words presentable and unpresentable. Tahor […]
Our Creator wants us Free and Happy! Parashat Shemini speaks of the account of the consecration of the Tabernacle, the death of Nadav and Abihu, and the dietary laws called kashrut. The previous parashiot detailed the construction of the Mishkan, all the instructions regarding the offerings and the tasks of the kohanim and leviim. The […]
