Class One. This class on Parshas Nasso covers the Birchas Kohanim which is a part of the YomTov service in which the Kohanim bless the congregation. Sources include Rashi, Rashbam, Baal Haturim, Ralbag, Chinuch, Rabbenu Bechye, Rikanti, and a Sicha from the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Class Two. This week’s parsha class is a continuation of a…

The holy Aron must be carried on people’s shoulders.

Nasso 2009 – 07-48. The seventh Nassi was on Shabbos! (5769).How did the Nasi of Shevet Efrayim bring a korban on Shabbos? Sources: Chizkuni, Even Ezra, Midrashim, Sicha Vol. 23, 42ff

צאינה וראינה ה’תשמ”ב There are three Midrashim regarding crowns and Mattan Torah, in one there is one crown, in another there are two and in the third there are three. These contradictions are resolved in this Ma’amar. They correspond to serving Hashem with Mesiras Nefesh בכל מאודך in each of the three areas of תורה…

This Ma’amar addresses the lesson (and timeless relevance) of the entire discussion on the three sub-tribes of לוי and their meaning for us now. In this Ma’amar all three are explained as steps in learning Torah which is the source of all: Jewish life as well as life as a whole. The first level is…