Parshas Behaloscha
Rabbi Berel Wein It is a terrible personality trait to be a complainer. It is hard to live with complainers at home, in the workplace, and in the community. In this week’s parsha, we are made aware of the dismal consequences of complaining. Rashi points out that the complainers in the desert had no real […]
Parshas Behar
Rabbi Berel Wein The parsha begins with the wordthat defines its name –behar– onthe mountain. The mountain nat-urally is Sinai, and the Torah’s emphasisis to reinforce Judaism’s core belief thatour Torah is Gid-given and not the workof a committee over centuries. This ba-sic belief lies at the heart of many of thecontentious disputes that have […]
Parshas Kedoshim
Rabbi Berel Wein The Torah’s definition of holinessand sanctity, of dignity of self andothers, of respect to one’s body andthat of others, is in the ability to channeland control one’s physical desires. The To-rah explicitly does not condone celibacynor does it demand from human beingsany degree of self-mortification or mas-ochism. It does most certainly demandfrom […]