“When you come to the Land and plant any food tree, you shall treat its fruit as orlah; for three years it shall be orlah to you, they shall not be eaten.” 

[Vayikra 19:23] The halacha is that if one plants a tree and the tree produces fruit during the first three years of its growth, those fruits are forbidden to be eaten. They are known as “orlah”.
Adam could not wait. It was for the best of reasons, but he did not wait. He ate from the tree prematurely and unfortunately, the world changed forever for the worse. the
Brisker Rav once officiated at a wedding during which the ring fell into the grass as it was about to be slipped onto the bride’s finger, completing the marriage ceremony.   

Tazria Mesorah - Sensitivity 

Leave that crown in the garage 

Indra Nooyi, Pepsi’s CEO of 12 years 

Link to Interview: https://youtu.be/dphK7K9zwOA

 וְהַצָּר֜וּעַ אֲשֶׁר־בּ֣וֹ הַנֶּ֗גַע בְּגָדָ֞יו יִהְי֤וּ פְרֻמִים֙
וְרֹאשׁוֹ֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה פָר֔וּעַ וְעַל־שָׂפָ֖ם יַעְטֶ֑ה וְטָמֵ֥א ׀ טָמֵ֖א יִקְרָֽא׃ 

As for the person with a leprous affection: the clothes shall be rent, the head shall be left bare, and the upper lip shall be covered over; and that person shall call out, “Impure! Impure!”  

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En Od MeLavado 

Eliminating Duality 

This is why you were created 

Kol Yisrael Arevim 

Kosher foor at the Superbowl 

Paying a worker 

How did we get here in the first place 

Generation of Exodus is Genertaion of Mashiach 

Noah, The Tower of Bavel and the people of Sedom 

 וַיַּ֥עַשׂ אַהֲרֹ֖ן וּבָנָ֑יו אֵ֚ת כׇּל־הַדְּבָרִ֔יםאֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֥ה הֹ בְּיַד־מֹשֶֽׁה׃ {ס} 

And Aaron and his sons did all the things that ה had commanded through Moses.  

 Siftei Hahamim asks Would a righteous man such as
he not do, Heaven forbid, as he was commanded by Hashem? 

 He teaches us that when unity exists within the realm of kedushah, it causes division among the reshaim. On the other hand, if, chas v’shalom, there is a lack of unity within the realm of kedushah, it creates unity among the reshaim.  

At the beginning of the Passover Seder, we announce that whoever is hungry, let him come and eat, and it’s sort of an
opening announcement to invite strangers into the Seder with us. But the problem is .... 

Story heard from Rabbi Chaim Rosenfeld from Ari
Rosenberg regarding a Charitable organization in Chicago
 

Rabbi Abittan would often quote the Baal Haturim on the
opening word of this week’s portion. “The aleph of Vayikra is written as a small letter because Moshe wanted to write Vayikar (and it happened), the way it is written (when Hashem appears to) Bilaam, which implies Hashem appeared to him only as a chance occurrence. Hashem, however, told Moshe to write the aleph
which indicates His love. Moshe compromised and made the aleph small.”   

To illustrate let me share a story told by Dr. Alan Morinis, Founder of The Mussar Institute, who is a leading figure in the contemporary revival of the Mussar movement 

When we come to the synagogue and look upon the hechal, and
we see the words above which may vary from Synagogue to Synagogue, But the words we face are meant to remind us to recognize who we are standing in front of or remind us that we should place Hashem in front of us always - this helps us to temper the run-away ego.   

 I want to share a story I heard yesterday from Rabbi Shlomo
Landau. He heard the story directly from the protagonist Rav Chaim, a well know Kiruv speaker in Eretz Yisrael for Arechim – an outreach organization. As you listen to the story, I want you to
think about what you would’ve done along the way 

Better to Cause others than to do 

Based on Midrash and Zerah Shimshon 

Moshe's reward for the Mishkan

Menashe Influence lives on