By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”דלשכנו תדרשוDiscover the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land Raising The “Spiritual Sparks” A primary theme of this parsha is purification, whether from the leprosy or from defilement in regard to various bodily emissions. Kabbalisitcally, purification is involved with raising “spiritual sparks” from the abyss of evil, … Read more
By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”דלשכנו תדרשוDiscover the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land And The Kohen Shall See Him A primary theme of this parsha is leprosy. Our Sages taught that one of the main reasons that leprosy mentioned in the Torah comes about is due to lashon hara. In this … Read more
By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”דלשכנו תדרשוDiscover the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land And You Shall Be Holy In this painting we see the words of the verses in this parsha, discussing the sanctity of the Godly People Israel, in the color of sky/”heavenly”-like azure, the color associated by the Kabbalists … Read more
By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”דלשכנו תדרשוDiscover the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land And He Called In this painting, we see 7 Flames, within a green human-like figure, which seem to correspond to the verse in this parsha regarding the fire upon the altar in the Mishkan, “a fire of fragrance … Read more
By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”דלשכנו תדרשוDiscover the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land The Final Completion Of The Mishkan The final completion of the Mishkan in this parsha may remind us of the final completion of the permanent Sanctuary, I.e the Beit Hamikdash, also in its permanent location on Mount Moriah … Read more
By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”דלשכנו תדרשוDiscover the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land When You Count the People of Israel… A Donation Unto Hashem In this painting, we see the tribes of Israel encamped adjacent to the Mishkan. At the Mishkan’s entrance, we apparently see the leaders/princes of these tribes holding … Read more
By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”דלשכנו תדרשוDiscover the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land And I Shall Dwell Among the Children of Israel The verse at the top of this painting, taken from this parsha, emphasizes the Holy Presence resting among Israel. Indeed, the painting shows figures, as if enrobed in variously … Read more
By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”דלשכנו תדרשוDiscover the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land The Holy Shabbat “What, also this parsha mentions the keeping of Shabbat?” some may say… In fact, we may say that the book of Shmot as a whole carries the theme of Shabbat more than any other of … Read more
By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”דלשכנו תדרשוDiscover the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land The Giving of the Torah In this painting, we see the opening words of the Ten Commandments found in this parsha. We see a vision of fire and smoke, depicting the Giving of the Torah. Within the fires … Read more
By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”דלשכנו תדרשוDiscover the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land The Splitting of the Red Sea In this painting, we see a depiction of Pharaoh’s chase after Israel, depicted as people enrobed in taleisim within a yellowish “flame,” surrounded by shofars, into the Red Sea. It is clear … Read more
