Not Again!
by Rabbi Eli SchellerThe leaders of Israel, the heads of their fathers' household, brought offerings... (Num. 7:2) This week's Torah portion describes at length the ...
Keep Digging!
by Rabbi Eli SchellerAll their countings were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty. (Num. 1:46) A man passed away and left over a will for his ...
Join the Team
by Rabbi Eli SchellerFive of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand. (Lev. 26:8) The Parshah begins with the blessings that await the ...
Reaching Greatness!
by Rabbi Eli SchellerThey shall be holy to their God and they shall not desecrate the name of their God. (Num. 21:6) The Torah states that Kohanim shall be holy to God ...
United We Stand
by Rabbi Eli SchellerYou shall reprove your fellow and do not bear a sin because of him. (Lev. 19:17) Dan was on a luxury ocean liner when he heard banging in the ...
Keep Climbing
by Rabbi Eli SchellerAaron shall come to the tent of meeting - he shall remove the linen vestments that he had worn when he entered the sanctuary... He shall immerse ...
We Repent
by Rabbi Eli SchellerThe person being purified shall immerse his clothing, shave off all his hair, and immerse himself in the water and become pure. (Lev. 14:8) One of ...
Getting High
by Rabbi Eli Scheller"Do not drink intoxicating wine, you and your sons with you, when you come to the tent of meeting, that you do not die, this is an eternal ...
Insert Coin
by Rabbi Eli SchellerCommand Aaron and his sons, saying: this is the law of the burnt offering... (Lev. 6:2) Aaron was commanded to bring the burnt offerings. Until ...
With a Grain of Salt
by Rabbi Eli SchellerFor you shall not cause to go up in smoke from any leavening or fruit-honey as a fire-offering to Hashem. You shall salt every meal- ...