by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Moses had trouble understanding Rebbi Akivah who lived about a thousand years later (according to the Talmud). How...

Sacrifices by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen At this time of the year the Torah readings are all to do with sacrifices. I shall confess that the...

Donations to the Mishkan and the Bet HaMikdash are collateral for our sins From the teachings of Maran Rabbeinu Ovadia Yosef ztvk”l....

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen I never cease to be amazed at how certain themes of Jewish history keep on repeating themselves. Purim was the...

Exodus 35-40:38 - Repetition is Good by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen It is an interesting phenomenon that the major events of the Torah that play a...

Maran Ha’Shulchan Aruch begins Hilchot Pesach by saying: “We begin to inquire about the laws of Pesach thirty days before Pesach.” The...

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Here is a hilarious if sacrilegious clip, in the spirit of Purim, from over five years ago when no one had even...

Preparations for Pesach Start Now The entire Jewish nation customarily cleans their houses well for Pesach so as not to encounter the...

Exodus 30:11-34:35 - What Does God Look Like? by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen The dominant theme of the Torah this Shabbat is the episode of the...