Torah Thoughts, Stories, and Inspiration on the weekly Parsha
As Yom Kippur is approaching I would like to share with you a beautiful and powerful story for this special day. On Yom Kippur, over 60 years ago, in Eretz Yisroel, a man was walking to shul when he saw something that perturbed him. He saw something that really bothered him. Not far away, a block away from the shul,…
This week’s Parsha begins Zois Chukas HaTorah – This is the statute, the law of the Torah. This pasuk is referring to the peculiar and strange law of the Parah Adumah – the red heifer. When a person was impure, the Kohen would sprinkle ashes of the Parah Adumah upon him, which would then purify…
The Meal on Erev Yom Kippur The Sfas Emes brings down the Gemara in Tannis (26b) that says, “There never was a greater Yom Tov than Yom Kippur,” for that was the day on which Moshe brought the second Luchos (Tablet) down from Heaven. Since we cannot make a festive meal on Yom Kippur, we…
