From the desk of Rabbi Nissim Lagziel, Mashpia in Oholei Torah: One of the mitzvos that appears at the end of parshas Korach is the mitzva of pidyon ha’ben. Every boy that is his mother’s firstborn, “petter rechem,” needs to be redeemed on his thirtieth day. The father of the baby gives five coins to the kohen and this is how he redeems his son • Full Article

From the desk of Rabbi Nissim Lagziel: Parshas Shelach is mostly about the sin of the spies. The fate of the spies, along with their generation whom they led to sin, is known. Nobody survived. None of them entered the Land except for Yehoshua and Kalev. The question that needs to be asked is, what will happen to them in the future? What will be the fate of the generation of the desert and the spies themselves in the era of Geula? Will they arise in the resurrection of the dead and merit the World to Come? • Full Article

From the desk of Rabbi Nissim Lagziel, Mashpia in Oholei Torah: Parshas Behaaloscha tells the story of Eldad and Meidad, two righteous men who were deserving of prophecy. In their great humility (11:26), “they did not go out to the tent but prophesied in the camp.” They were among the seventy outstanding individuals, men of spirit, who were chosen from the nation to serve under Moshe Rabeinu as the ‘Seventy Elders’ and to be partners in leading the nation, something like the first Sanhedrin in Jewish history, but they chose to stay home • Full Article

From the desk of Rabbi Nissim Lagziel, Mashpia in Oholei Torah: This week, we will read Behar-Bechukosai which completes the book of Vayikra. The main topic of Bechukosai is, definitely, reward and punishment… • Full Article

From the desk of Rabbi Nissim Lagziel, Mashpia in Oholei Torah: This week, we will read parshas Emor, a parsha that deals with two main topics: mitzvos having to do with the priesthood and our holidays • Full Article

From the desk of Rabbi Nissim Lagziel, Mashpia in Oholei Torah: This week, we read parshas Tazria-Metzora which deals primarily with the laws of tzoraas and purification • Full Article