Akiva Calendar
Rabbi Grossman’s Corner
Parshat Naso – One Person with One Heart
I wanted to share an article with you this week written by the families of the three boys (Eyal, Gilad and Naftali) whose lives were brutally taken last summer before the operation in Gaza. The message of unity is crucial and it is an appropriate message that follows...
Parshat Bamidbar /Shavuot – What’s in a name?
The megilla of Ruth is a beautiful story of a Moabite woman who “cleaves” to her mother in law Naomi, and is in turn rewarded for her acts of extreme chessed by meriting to be the ancestor of King David. The book is a succinct story (4 chapters) with multiple layers...
Parshat Behar- Bechukotai – Shemitta: The Great Equalizer
The Sabbatical year is a remarkable utopian idea. The Torah tells of the “shemitta”, how every seven years the nation shared a remarkable experience; that in the seventh year, private fields were opened up to the public, to be enjoyed by any living being, and...
Parshat Emor – Counting the Omer
“And you shall count for yourselves from the morrow of the day of rest… there should be seven complete weeks. Until the morrow of the seventh week, you shall count fifty days.” (Leviticus 23:15-16) The Torah commands us to count forty nine days from the first day of...