{"id":8897,"date":"2009-05-07T12:53:33","date_gmt":"2009-05-07T20:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=8897"},"modified":"2009-05-07T12:53:33","modified_gmt":"2009-05-07T20:53:33","slug":"this-weeks-torah-portion-emor-5769","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=8897","title":{"rendered":"This Week’s Torah Portion – Emor 5769"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steve Brizel writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Kedushas Kehunah and Kedushas Am Yisrael<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • R. Aharon Lichtenstein explains why non-Kohanim can and should emulate the Kohen in our everyday lives: link<\/a><\/li>\n
  • R. Yisocher Frand illustrates why the Halachos of Tumas Kohanim, even for a minor, serve as the basis for the mitzvah of Chinuch: link<\/a><\/li>\n
  • R. Zvi Sobolofshy explores numerous halachos related to Kedushas Kehunah and whether a Kohen can be a doctor: link 1<\/a> (audio), link 2<\/a> (audio)<\/li>\n
  • R. Shlomo Riskin and R Avraham Gordimer explain why Kohanim must avoid Tumas Mes: link 1<\/a>, link 2<\/a><\/li>\n
  • R. Ephraim Buchwald explains why even a Kohen Gadol must involve himself with the burial of a Mes Mitzvah: link<\/a><\/li>\n

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  • R. Berel Wein reminds us that the Kohanim served both a special role in the Avodah in the Beis HaMikdash and as teachers of Klal Yisrael: link<\/a><\/li>\n

    \nParshas HaMoados<\/strong><\/p>\n

  • R. Yitzchak Etshalom presents an overview of Parshas HaMoados: link<\/a><\/li>\n
  • R. Michael Rosensweig explains the relationship between Shabbos and the Moadim: link<\/a><\/li>\n
  • R. Baruch Simon explores numerous aspects of Hilchos Eruvin: link 1<\/a> (audio), link 2<\/a> (audio), link 3<\/a> (audio), link 4<\/a> (audio), link 5<\/a> (audio) (and many more as well)<\/li>\n
  • R. Asher Brander explores why we do not say Borei Minei Bsamim on a Motzaei Yom Tov: link<\/a><\/li>\n
  • R. Yissocher Frand, based upon two observations of Rav Shlomoh Zalman Auerbach, explains why Shabbos HaGadol reminds us of the difference between Shabbos and the other Moadim and why there is a custom to use the title “Reb” to call someone up for an aliyah: link<\/a><\/li>\n
  • R. Dovid Hirsch, based upon the teachings of Rav Soloveitchik ZTL, explains the need for continuity in Sefiras HaOmer: link<\/a> (audio)<\/li>\n
  • R. Dovid Gottlieb discusses how one properly acquires the Four Species: link<\/a> (audio)<\/li>\n
  • R. Asher Weiss explores the foundations of Sefiras HaOmer: link<\/a><\/li>\n
  • R. Mordechai Willig, based on Breishis Rabbah 61:3, offers another explanation for the death of the talmidim of R Akiva, and exhorts us to refrain from begrudging the success of others, especially during a time of financial downturn: link<\/a><\/li>\n
  • R. Baruch Simon explains how to use the period of Sefiras HaOmer as a time for reaching a state of Shlemus HaAdam: link<\/a> (audio)<\/li>\n
  • R. Avraham Gordimer suggests why the Halachos of the Lechem HaPanim and the Menorah precede the episode of blasphemer: link<\/a><\/li>\n
  • R. David Horwitz explains Shavuos seemingly has no visible symbol of commemoration: link<\/a><\/li>\n

    \nLast year’s roundup: link<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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