by Rabbi Margie Cella This week’s parashah tells the story of the ill-fated rebellion of Korach, who, accompanied by 250 men, rose up to challenge the authority of Moses and Aaron. He was also joined...
by Rabbi Margie Cella At God’s command, Moses sent twelve men to scout out the land of Canaan before entering it. They spent 40 days traversing the land, returning with a cluster of grapes so large...
by Rabbi Margie Cella In this parashah we read how the people set out from Sinai, led by the ark, which went before them searching for a resting place. A cloud covered the Tabernacle, and when...
by Rabbi Margie Cella Parashat Nasso is the longest parashah of the year. It begins with Moses and Aaron taking a census of the tribe of the Levites according to their clans. Each was...
by Rabbi Margie Cella The fourth book of the Torah opens at Mt. Sinai, two years after the nation of Israel left Egypt; God has decided that it is time for them to head to Canaan. In preparation for the...
by Rabbi Margie Cella This week’s double parashah concludes the book of Leviticus. It begins with a description of the shemitah year, which is literally a sabbath year for the land: every...
by Rabbi Margie Cella This week we have a double parashah that discusses various states of impurity that could be experienced by individuals or found in dwellings, as well as the methods of purification...
by Rabbi Margie Cella The strange and tragic events of this week’s parashah take place on the eighth (shemini) day of the ceremony consecrating Aaron and his four sons to serve in the priesthood. In the...
by Rabbi Margie Cella This week’s parashah continues the description of the different types of sacrifices, defining seven in all. In the last chapter we read of the initiation of Aaron and his...
by Rabbi Margie Cella In this last parashah of the book of Shemot we find a full inventory of the materials collected by Bezalel for use in constructing the tabernacle and all its furnishings, as well...
