Aharei Mot 5: The Sins Of The Flesh

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After the death of the sons of Aaron, and after instructing Aaron himself on how to perform the sacrifices, the Torah addresses to the common people who wish to make a sacrifice, or to consume meat, instructing them to bring the sacrifice to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting (Vayikra, 17: 8-9). Just after […]

Terumah 5: The arrangement of the sacred space

A la cinquena alià de la paraixà d’aquesta setmana, després d’informar-nos d’on es situarà l’arca del testimoni, la Torah ens diu que caldrà fer una partició, un «parohet» i el lloc on anirà. I que servirà de partició entre el kodeix-hakodaixim, on estarà l’arca, i el kodeix, la part interior del Tabernacle: «Tu penjaràs el […]

Yitro 5: Revelation and Principle of Authority

Just abans de la revelació a Sinaí, «[el nom de les quatre lletres] va dir a Moisès, «Heus ací que Jo vindré a tu en l’espessor del núvol, per tal que el poble escolti quan Jo et parli, i ells també creuran en tu per sempre» (Xemot, Èxode, 19:9). Fins aquell moment, el Sant, beneït […]

Beshalach 5: learning to eat

The first thing the children of Israel receive, even before they are free, is the calendar. They need to start learning how to manage their time. That includes learning to postpone some things, such as eating hours.

The Miracle Of Freedom Comes With Responsibility

There was no miracle in the house without blood on its posts. Maybe it’s for this that we are all reminded that every person, in every generation, has to see itself as if they were going out of Mitsraim.

Vaera 5: Twice The Pride Double The Frogs

The 2nd Plague of Frogs image credit Patheos

In the beginning of the 8th chapter in Shemot, God asks Moses to say to Aaron to hold his arm over the rivers, the canals and the ponds, and bring up the frogs on the land of Egypt. Funnily enough though and as in previous ocasions, the Pharoh’s magicians did the same with their spells […]