I do not have high hopes for the number of people that will read the Dvar Torah this week. Today is the true test of the Jewish people, Jewish homes are in a pre-Pesach frenzy. The cleaning has taken over our every psyche, the nagging itch that has been on our minds since the end of Purim has now become a full-blown headache of trying to remove every morsel of bread from our homes before Pesach. And we are stocking up food as if Pesach lasted a month rather than a week. As th

In this week’s Parasha Tzav, God provides the Kohanim with the tools and education to uphold the special rituals of sacrifice. There are three sacrificial meal offerings each symbolizing sin, guilt, and peace. The Kohanim eat the meat of the sin and guilt offerings. The peace offering is eaten by the individual who brought it, except for a small portion given to the kohen. The holy meat of the offerings must be eaten by someone who is ritually pure, in their designated holy p

Hey there! My name is Steph Mallach and I’m the guest writer of the Dvar Torah this week! When I read this week’s parasha; Vayikra, at first I found a lot of information about animal sacrifices from the temple times and I thought, “how do I make this relevant?!” Upon digging a little deeper and trying to find some kind of moral I could relate to I kept coming back to the word ‘sacrifice’. I paid a visit to my good mate Mr. Google and tried to synonym the word, draw out some o

Last time I wrote about my mother's job at the Chevra Kadisha, this week I will share a bit about what I do. I am a debating coach at Yavneh (okay this is the point where you make the joke "Eitan did you ever even leave that school?" and I roll my eyes because I've heard it ten thousand times before). The year 11 and 12 debates were on Wednesday this week, and on Wednesday morning there was no debating team for either of those year levels. Now, you may not know this, but over