Articles Lema'seh Beit Midrash Articles Categories Around the Jewish Year Grafting Kashrut Kila'im Land of Israel Orlah & Neta Revay Other Topics Shemitah Terumot & Ma’aserot Place and Parasha Chadash Challah Subscribe to our Newsletter Full Name Email I agree to the terms of use and privacy policy of the site. The prohibition of orlah: a mitzvah dependent on the Land of Israel What makes a mitzvah "dependent on the Land of Israel"? On the definition of these special mitzvot and the sanctity inherent in the soil and its produce. Also,... Read More Taking challah from dough composed of different types of flour Can challah be taken from dough composed of different flours? When can flours be combined for challah purposes? What about taking challah from dough from one... Read More Parashat Tzav: The Chosenness of Kohanim On the chosenness of Kohanim and Jews in general and how an inborn elevated status actually engenders humility. Plus: a visit to Ginosar, past and present. What... Read More Parashat Shemini: Impurity of Kohanim and the purity of their livestock Teruma in the zoo and why the animals of Kohanim can eat teruma while Kohanim cannot today. Plus: a visit to historical and modern Yavne. Read More Parashat Metzora: Tzara'at of the home –an opportunity for a relationship with G-d in the Land of Israel About the strangest type of tzara'at—the type that afflicts the inanimate house, and applies only to the Land of Israel. In other words: this mitzvah reflects... Read More Parashat Kedoshim: Neta Revay and Aqraba Chazal instituted that those living within a day's walking distance to Jerusalem bring up neta revay fruit to the Beit Hamikdash, and state the borders of this... Read More Parashat Behar: Shemita—Rest for Rejuvenation Today it's very not politically correct to say that a certain sin caused a particular tragedy. "Do you know what G-d was thinking?!" Even so, there are... Read More Parashat Acharei Mot: Family purity—a mitzvah (settling) the land depends on Today we face a war against the forces of impurity that attempt to undermine the sanctity of the individual, family, and nation. It is precisely these issues... Read More Parashat Ki Tisa - Bikurim, Syria and Apmia About the mitzvot tied to the Land of Israel and their importance, bikurim, the link to Syria and what is Apmia? Read More Parashat Vayakhel: the Permanent Delight On the connection between the laws of terumot and ma'aserot and Shabbat, and a visit to the Galilee: home to the Sanhedrin in Talmudic times. Read More 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
