Torah Portion

By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”דלשכנו תדרשוDiscover the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land The Dangers of Controversy This parsha discusses the great dangers of controversy. In this painting we see two fire-like parties as if divided [fire is associated with controversy and also the attribute of judgment], perhaps in controversy, but … Read more

By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”דלשכנו תדרשוDiscover the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land The Twelve Spies In this painting, we see that the twelve spies all become grasshoppers some on a greater level and some on a lesser level, except for Joshua and Kaleb seen here carrying a large grape, as … Read more

By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”דלשכנו תדרשוDiscover the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land Divine Sustenance  This parsha discusses Israel’s complaint against receiving “only” the Man as their sustenance. The painting here depicts a comparison or parallelism between the sustenance given in the Wilderness in the form of Man through a Divine … Read more

By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”דלשכנו תדרשוDiscover the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land The Priestly Blessing The Priestly Blessing, found at the center of this painting, has its primary usage in the Holy Temple, as is found in the context of this parsha, adjacent to the inauguration of the Mishkan, forerunner … Read more

By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”דלשכנו תדרשוDiscover the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land Israel’s Encampment In The Wilderness In this painting, we see the Mishkan and Israel’s encampments surrounding it in the Wilderness – central themes of parshat Bamidbar at the center. Although Nachshon did tie this painting to parshat Bamidbar, … Read more

By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”דלשכנו תדרשוDiscover the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land The Source of Blessing Comparing this painting, which Nachshon attached to parshat Behukotai, to that of the previous painting we discussed that Nachshon attached to parshat Behar, we see that here there are many more signs of human … Read more

By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”דלשכנו תדרשוDiscover the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land The Holy LandThis Painting which Nachshon tied to this parsha Behar, places much emphasis on the Land of Israel and its vegetation and rural setting. Indeed, this parsha talks extensively about the Holy Land through the mitzvot of … Read more

By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”דלשכנו תדרשוDiscover the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land The Theme of Four Some of the themes in this painting can be paralleled to those we have already studied, such as the gazelles and Shofars, in Parashat Toldot. The number four is a motif that can be … Read more

By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”דלשכנו תדרשוDiscover the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land Unity Between Heaven and Earth At the center of this painting, we see that there are 21 Drops inside an orange flower, 10 Drops on each side right and left, and one drop in the middle. There is … Read more

By Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”דלשכנו תדרשוDiscover the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land From Judgement to Divine Forgiveness This painting depicts how the “goat to Azazel” is taken to a “barren land” and pushed off a cliff on Yom Kippur, as described in this parsha. The mishna describes how there were … Read more