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 Torah.org Haftorah Commentary - Haftorah Commentary - Shabbos HaGadol Haftorah Commentary By Rabbi Dovid Siegel To Dedicate an Article  click here Haftorah Commentary - Shabbos HaGadol   Malachi 3:4 This week’s haftorah, read in conjunction with Shabbos Hagadol, depicts the Jewish scene moments before the advent of Mashiach. Malachi, the last prophet before our first exile, shares with us the prevalent conversations during the final moments of our final exile. The masses of our people will reflect upon the generation’s unprecedented affluence and conclude that Torah observance is a wasted exercise. Their argument will be, “What material gain has ever come from observing His commandments or walking the downtrodden path for His sake? We constantly praise the agnostics and the wicked who met much success and yet, escaped the wrath of Above.” (3:14, 15) The impressive financial s

 Torah.org Drasha - Fitting Work Drasha By Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky To Dedicate an Article  click here Parshas Tzav Fitting Work   It is not a glamorous job, but somebody has to do it. And so the Torah begins this week’s portion by telling us the mitzvah of terumas hadeshen, removing the ashes that accumulate from the burnt-offerings upon the altar. The Torah teaches us: “The Kohen shall don his fitted linen tunic, and he shall don linen breeches on his flesh; he shall separate the ash of what the fire consumed of the elevation-offering on the Altar, and place it next to the Altar” (Leviticus 7:3). What is simply derived from the verse is that the service of ash-removal is done with the priestly tunic. What is noticeable to the Talmudic mind is the seemingly innocuous adjective “fitted.” Rashi quotes the derivation that applies to all the priestly garments: they must be f

 Torah.org Hamaayan - Sweet Smelling Bread Hamaayan By Shlomo Katz To Dedicate an Article  click here Parshas Tzav Sweet Smelling Bread   BS”D Volume 37, No. 24 10 Nissan 5783 April 1, 2023 Sponsored by Janet Rottenberg Mindy & Shmuel Tolchinsky, Simi & Sammy Franco and Jerry Rottenberg on the yahrzeit of their husband and father Melvin Rottenberg (Menachem Mendel ben Tzvi Yehuda a”h – 9 Nissan) | Rabbi Sanford Shudnow on the yahrzeit of his father Mr. Phillip S. Shudnow (Shraga Feivel ben R’ Hayim v’Fruma Leah, a”h) |  Martin and Michelle Swartz on the yahrzeit of Martin’s grandmother Eva (neé Kalikow) Lichman a”h (17 Nissan) This week’s Parashah continues to discuss the Korbanot / sacrificial offerings. A Midrash notes that Noach offered Korbanot and the Jewish People offer Korbanot. Which is more beloved to Hashem? asks the Midrash. It answers: Since Hashem command