בס”ד By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, HebronPainting by: Baruch Nachshon z”l This parsha begins with Avraham’s vision in Hebron and ends with his vision in Jerusalem. This follows beautifully with the fact that both locations are focal points of the Holy Presence. Jerusalem is obvious, and also about Hebron, the Zohar in parshat … Read more
בס”ד By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, HebronPainting by: Baruch Nachshon z”l The Discovery of the Holy LandThe end of parshat Noah and the beginning of Lech Lecha seem to describe a three-stage process of Avraham’s settlement of the Holy Land, for we see three “parshiot petuhot,” divisions in a sefer Torah, that separate … Read more
בס”ד By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, HebronPainting by: Baruch Nachshon z”l In this parsha we read how Noah built an altar after the end of the Flood. This painting may depict this idea, for we see a fire at the center of a mountain, which may signify an altar at Mount Ararat. At … Read more
בס”ד By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, HebronPainting by: Baruch Nachshon z”l This painting carries the verse of this parsha as a central theme, a verse also very central to Habad Hasidism(see Tanya) of which R’ Nachshon was a member: “for the mitzva is not beyond you and not far, rather it is very … Read more
בס”ד By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, HebronPainting by: Baruch Nachshon z”l This painting places the verse from this parsha as its central theme: “Gaze from You Holy Heavens/Abode and bless Your People Israel and the Land that You have given us, as You have sworn to our Patriarchs, the Land dripping of milk … Read more
בס”ד By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, HebronPainting by: Baruch Nachshon z”l Parshat Ki Tetze lemilhama, as its opening verse suggests, is full of the “battles” and tribulations of life and how the Torah relates to them. From a prospective of the time of the year, i.e the month of teshuva – Elul, this … Read more
בס”ד By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, HebronPainting by: Baruch Nachshon z”l In this painting we see signs of the present Jerusalem along with the future Jerusalem. The image of the future Jerusalem along with the Beit Hamikdash is seen as a figure wearing a seven-pronged crown and a tallit. At the bottom of … Read more
בס”ד By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, HebronPainting by: Baruch Nachshon z”l This parsha carries numerous verses that discuss the Beit Hamikdash. We seem many Hasidim dancing around the altar, many of which have banners, carry a sefer Torah, or are blowing the shofar. This matter seems to combine the first holiday of Tishrei … Read more
בס”ד By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, HebronPainting by: Baruch Nachshon z”l This parsha Ekev carries several portions that discuss the prohibition on idolatry and the Torah’s “war” against it. This painting highlights the word “od” in the context of saying that there is “no other [“od”] God [than Hashem].” The dominance of the … Read more
בס”ד By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, HebronPainting by: Baruch Nachshon z”l And You Shall Settle Upon the Land Securely This parsha contains one of the sections of tefillin, parshat Shema, which we also utter several times a day. Both the tefillin and our utterance of Shema are signs of our love, faith … Read more
