Vayakhel - Pekudei
A new public agenda begins Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - Parasha in our everyday life – Vayakhel-Pekudei Parashat HaChodesh - 5781 - A new public agenda begins
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - Parasha in our everyday life – Vayakhel-Pekudei Parashat HaChodesh - 5781
Dramatic changes in the life of the individual, nation or humanity require new agendas. Human nature tends to be fixated and want to return to a familiar routine from the...
Vayakhel - Pekudei
Brothers against their will - The Parasha and its realization – Vayakhel - Pekudei -HaChodesh - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - 5783 - Brothers against their will
The Parasha and its realization – Vayakhel - Pekudei -HaChodesh - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - 5783
For the full recovery of Or ben Natali and Rotem ben Mazal who were seriously injured in the attack in Tel Aviv.
It is Wednesday after Purim in Jerusalem. We are trying t...
Vayakhel - Pekudei
Precision and proportionality in routine and emergency Parsha in the everyday life - Parashat Vayakhel Pekudei - HaChodesh - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald -5780 - Precision and proportionality in routine and emergency
Parsha in the everyday life - Parashat Vayakhel Pekudei - HaChodesh - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald -5780
The meticulous report given at the beginning of Parashat Pekudei is in fact a summary of the Mishkan's Parshiot. The report includes a precis...
Tazria - Metzora
Creator of the universe as His acquisition, You complete this building! Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - Parsha in our everyday life - Tazriah Metzorah - Sefirat HaOmer - 5781 - בּורֵא עולָם בְּקִנְיָן, הַשְׁלֵם זֶה הַבִּנְיָן
Creator of the universe as His acquisition, You complete this building!
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - Parsha in our everyday life - Tazriah Metzorah - Sefirat HaOmer - 5781
What would you say if you were told that through a small act, even if it invo...
Tazria - Metzora
Faith and hope - in the face of fears and worries Parshah and its realization - for Parashot Tazria-Metzora – Rosh Chodesh Iyar - Memorial Day and Independence Day - 5783 - Faith and hope - in the face of fears and worries
Parshah and its realization - for Parashot Tazria-Metzora – Rosh Chodesh Iyar - Memorial Day and Independence Day - 5783
Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald
Memorial Day in Israel, also known as Yom HaZikaron and the 75th Independence Day taking place...
Tazria - Metzora
Something new is starting Parsha in the everyday life - Parashat Tazriah- Metzora - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald – 5780 - In memory of Rabbi Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron ZTZ’L
Something new is starting
Parsha in the everyday life - Parashat Tazriah- Metzora - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald – 5780
Our Parasha opens with one of the most exciting and powerful occurrences in the beginning of a new life:
…אִשָּׁה֙ כִּ֣י תַזְרִ֔יעַ...
Tazria - Metzora
The Strategy Preserving of Jewish Identity Parshat Tazriya Metzora – Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - The Strategy Preserving of Jewish Identity
Parshat Tazriya Metzora – Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald
Our Parsha opens with the mitzvah of circumcision. "Speak to Bnei Israel and say to them: a woman who gives birth to a male…on the eighth day his foreskin must be circumcised." (Vayikra 12:2) Let us look...
Acharei Mot- Kedoshim
Acharei Mot - Kdoshim - Acharei Mot – Kedoshim:
The two Parashiyot Acharei Mot – Kedoshim, are usually read on the Shabbat before or after Independence Day. Both passages have much in common. Parashat Acharei Mot deals with the regulation of how the Kohen HaGadol enters the Kodesh HaKodashim, once a year on Yom Kippur, t...
Acharei Mot- Kedoshim
Purpose and holiness out of unity - Parasha and its realization - for the Parashot Acharei Mot - Kedoshim and the counting of the Omer - 5783 - Purpose and holiness out of unity
Parasha and its realization - for the Parashot Acharei Mot - Kedoshim and the counting of the Omer - 5783
Rabbi Eliezer Chaim Shenvald
The Parashot 'Acharei Mot – Kedoshim' are recited during the counting of the Omer days. In the past week, the winds were stor...
Acharei Mot- Kedoshim
Taking advantage of opportunities and missing-out on them Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald – The Parasha in our everyday life – Acharei Mot - Pesach Sheni - Lag B'Omer – 5781 - Taking advantage of opportunities and missing-out on them
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald – The Parasha in our everyday life – Acharei Mot - Pesach Sheni - Lag B'Omer – 5781
Taking advantage of an opportunity that has come our way, has such a sweet taste, it fills our hearts with so much satisfaction, es...
Acharei Mot- Kedoshim
The Parasha in the everyday life - Parashat Aharei Mot-Kedoshim - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - 5780 Do not cast them off in old age - Do not cast them off in old age
In memory of Rabbi Yeshayahu Heber, founder of MATNAT CHAIM
The Parasha in the everyday life - Parashat Aharei Mot-Kedoshim - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - 5780
The crisis of the Corona pandemic affects mainly the elderly. They are more vulnerable than others, and th...
Behar - Vechukotai
'Multi-Arena War' - panic or a wake-up call Parasha and its implementation - for Parshat Behar-Bechukotai - Jerusalem Day - 5783 Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald - 'Multi-Arena War' - panic or a wake-up call
Parasha and its implementation - for Parshat Behar-Bechukotai - Jerusalem Day - 5783
Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald
The term 'multi-arena war' is becoming more common in the public's dialog. From it being a military term discussed only in the security f...
Behar - Vechukotai
The struggle for Jerusalem Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald – The Parasha in our everyday life – Behar-Bechukotai - Jerusalem Day - 5781 - The struggle for Jerusalem
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald – The Parasha in our everyday life – Behar-Bechukotai - Jerusalem Day - 5781
For several weeks now, explosions have been heard every evening in the Old City of Jerusalem. Fireworks fired by Jerusalem Arab rioters at our security forces and the sh...
Behar - Vechukotai
Truth will come out from Sinai - neither Kula nor Chumra (Leniencies & Stringencies) The Parasha in the everyday life - Parashat Behar-Bechukotai - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - 5780 - Truth will come out from Sinai - neither Kula nor Chumra (Leniencies & Stringencies)
The Parasha in the everyday life - Parashat Behar-Bechukotai - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - 5780
In memory of the late Rabbi Nachum Rabinovitch, who passed away this week at the age of 92.
The pair of Parashot Beh...
Nitzavim - Vayelech
From the North the hope will come - Parshat Hashavua - Parshat Nitzavim Vayelech 5784 - Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald - From the North the hope will come
Parshat Hashavua - Parshat Nitzavim Vayelech 5784
Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald
Praying for the IDF soldiers' success, to safeguard them lest any harm come to them, to the healing of all the wounded and the return of the abducted.
The war that started about a...
Nitzavim - Vayelech
The Declaration of Independence, the covenant and the destiny Parshah and its implementation - for Parshat Nitzavim 5783 Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald - The Declaration of Independence, the covenant and the destiny
Parshah and its implementation - for Parshat Nitzavim 5783
Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald
In recent months, there was a public rejuvenation of the Israeli flag that was carried proudly in the streets, and the Declaration of Independenc...
Shabbat Hagadol
Shabbat Ha-gadol The Privilege of Our Freedom - Shabbat Ha-gadol
The Privilege of Our Freedom
Paying the Price
True freedom cannot be given to a people on a silver platter.
While a great and expansive historical process does not end with one action, at times a grand process does depend on one act. This insight is commemorated in our tradi...
Shabbat Chol Hamoed
And they could not delay - lest we should miss a fateful moment - Parsha and its realization - for Shabbat Chol Hamoed Pesach and Shvi’I Shel Pesach - 5783 - And they could not delay - lest we should miss a fateful moment
Parsha and its realization - for Shabbat Chol Hamoed Pesach and Shvi’I Shel Pesach - 5783
Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald
The 'right timing' of any action is an important element in human conduct, of the individual and of the public...
Shabbat Chol Hamoed
Give honor to the Torah in the Covid 19- year - Give honor to the Torah in the Covid 19- year
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald
שִׂישׂוּ וְשִׂמְחוּ בְּשִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה, וּתְנוּ כָּבוֹד לַתּוֹרָה
“Be glad and rejoice on Simchat Torah, and give honor to the Torah”.
Every year we rejoice with the Torah, and we shower upon it much love and is given much...
Shabbat Chol Hamoed
Pesach, Matzah and Maror - From a Crisis to Growth and Redemption Parasha in the everyday life- Pesach- Shabbat Chol Hamoed - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald 5780 - Pesach, Matzah and Maror - From a Crisis to Growth and Redemption
Parasha in the everyday life- Pesach- Shabbat Chol Hamoed - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald 5780
On Seder night, we mention the Mishnah:
בְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר חַיָּב אָדָם לִרְאוֹת אֶת עַצְמוֹ כְאִלּוּ הוּא יָצָא מִמִּצְרַיִם
“In every g...
Shabbat Chol Hamoed
The Sukkah - as an ideal model for unity among the people of Israel Sukkot 5780- Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - The Sukkah - as an ideal model for unity among the people of Israel
Sukkot 5780- Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald
Is there a connection between Chag Sukkot and the ideal model for bridging the gaps between the various streams in Israeli society, between religious and secular, between right and left and be...