Vayikra archive
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D’var Torah: Parashat Behar-Bechukotai
In his D’var Torah this week, the Chief Rabbi explains how we remember the unknown victims of the Shoah. More than one million names of Shoah victims are not known Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Emor
In his D’var Torah this week, the Chief Rabbi explains how the Omer can act as our own personal treasure hunt. Continuity and accuracy are required for the counting of Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Acharei Mot – Kedoshim
In his D’var Torah this week, the Chief Rabbi asks us the question: Have you ever terribly misjudged a person? Have you ever terribly misjudged a person? In Parshat Kedoshim, Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Shemini
In his D’var Torah this week, the Chief Rabbi teaches us about the power of positive thinking. Treif birds are a symbol of treif conduct. In this week’s Parasha of Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Tzav (Shabbat HaGadol)
In his D’var Torah this week, the Chief Rabbi explains why this will be a great Shabbat… The Shabbat before Pesach is called Shabbat HaGadol, ‘the great Sabbath’. Many reasons Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Vayikra
In his D’var Torah this week, the Chief Rabbi explains why we must invest in our teachers. The leftovers of the ‘Mincha’ offering were to be given to Aharon and Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Bechukotai
As we prepare to celebrate Yom Yerushalayim on Sunday, the Chief Rabbi considers why Jerusalem – an inaccessible city without a river source – was chosen to be the Jewish Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Behar
Why do we feed our animals before we sit down to eat? Can there be any exceptions? The Chief Rabbi provides an answer in his D’var Torah for Behar. It Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Emor
It is a key passage in this week’s parasha that determines the number of men needed to form a minyan. Why, the Chief Rabbi enquires, do we base this number Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Kedoshim
In his D’var Torah for this week the Chief Rabbi focuses on two Chukim (decrees from God without a logical basis) that pertain to the crossbreeding of seeds and the Read more...
