“Preserving tradition. Embracing the future.”

In last week's parsha we saw the mitzvah of "Honor your father and your mother." So important is this mitzvah that it appeared on the side of the Tablets that dealt with mitzvos between man-and-G-d (the first four mitzvos concern the relationship between man-and-G-d,...

The parashah begins by telling us to be holy. Rashi defines holiness as someone who is able to separate himself from aveiros that have to do with immorality. At first glance this seems strange, because normally we would think of holiness as coming from something that...

Rashi begins his commentary to this week’s parsha by noting that the halachos related to the tumah and taharah of humans begin in Parshas Tazria – after those of the animal kingdom were listed previously in Parshas Shmini. This order would seem to defy logic, as one...