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Is Our Morality Consistent with the Torah? This parashah Achare Mot begins in chapters 16 and 17 with the regulations on Yom Kippur for the Cohanim. It is to serve as a reminder to us of the death of the two sons of Aaron and as a warning about how important it is to follow […]
8 Iya Deciding to Live What is life? What is death? Consciousness? Unconsciousness? These questions remind me of the words of a song performed by Kansas, an alternative rock band when I was young; it says, “all we are is dust in the wind”. I believe this idea falls short because it refers to the […]
29 Nisan 5782 To hear full recorded message, click on https://youtu.be/5rlFI_7c0hM It was You who opened springs and streams; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers. The day is Yours, and yours also the night; You established the sun and moon. It was You who set all the boundaries of the earth; You made both summer […]
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 […]
Iyar 8 5780 True Morality Comes from above, Not from Us! Acharei Mot (After the death) speaks about the tragic death of Aaron’s two sons. This is followed by the rules for the rituals at Yom Kippur so that no one else would meet with the same fate as these two young men. The two […]
