Follow Rabbi Yaakov Cohen in this epic learning experience concerning the connection between the movie Matrix and the ancient wisdom of Kabbala. We will examine the red pill of prayer. This is part four...

Blasphemy | Know the backstory Parshat Emor primarily teaches law:  Laws concerning the Kohanim, and laws regarding the various festivals, make up the majority of the Parsha. There is a narrative in this Parshat...

In this Torah portion we read the complex order for Yom Kippur and rigorous practice on the day of atonement. We discover the order which reveals the essence of the Creator, and how torah...

“Why the two goats on Yom Kippur” we will discover that sin and guilt offerings were common in ancient Israel, but this ceremony was unique. Normally confession was made over to be offered as...

For the decades we have see a title wave of righteous non-jews embracing Torah and leaving Idol worship. The story of Naaman becomes a prophetic pattern for this post modern phenomenon. Most of the...

In this lesson the laws of lashon hara we discuss negative speech of slander and its effects The Hebrew term lashon hara (or loshon hora) (Hebrew לשון הרע; “evil tongue”) is the halakhic...

In this lecture ” The Art Of Self-Examination” we discover that a person suffering from tzara’at cannot be cured through medical treatment. Instead a process of seclusion, proscribed by the Torah, is required. This...

The commandments serve to strengthen human beings so that they can withstand trials, and if they do so, then performing the commandments also adds a measure of holiness to people. Discover the connection of...

Tazria’ (תַזְרִיעַ — Hebrew for “she conceives”, the 13th word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 27th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fourth in the book of Leviticus. It constitutes Leviticus 12:1–13:59.The parashah is...

Aaron could have argued with the Lord. Scripture emphasizes that his sons were acting “before the Lord.” Both the offerings they made and their death were “before the Lord.” The plain sense of the...