PARSHAT VAYAKHEL
March 21-22, 2025 / 22 Adar 5785 THIS SHABBAT
Parshat Parah | | |  FEATURED | | |  | | Fostering a Leadership Pipeline for the Jewish Future | | Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph | When I started my current job at the Orthodox Union, one of the senior board members told me that if my eventual successor will be hired from outside the organization, I will have failed in my role. Although I have no plans to leave my position, I think about my potential successor all the time – and not just mine, but everyone's. | | | |  | | Strengthen the Voice of Torah and Unity – Vote OIC-Mizrachi-Slate 5! | Torah and unity have always been at the heart of Klal Yisrael's story. For generations, religious leaders have been partners in the work to build a strong and vibrant Jewish homeland. In this video, our EVP Rabbi Moshe Hauer explores how the World Zionist Congress elections shape Jewish life worldwide. It's our turn to ensure that Torah values have a strong voice at the table, and you can be a part of making it happen with your vote for OIC-Mizrachi-Slate 5. | | | | | |  | | Maot Chitim 2025/5785 | This Pesach, you can make a real difference. Too many families in our community face financial hardships that overshadow the joy and celebration of the holiday. Together, we can change that. Last year, your generosity helped raise over $225,000, providing matzah, wine, and other holiday essentials to families in need. This year, the need is even greater – and your support is more important than ever. Every dollar you give goes directly to helping families celebrate Pesach with dignity and joy. Together, we can bring hope, freedom, and redemption to thousands in need. | | | |  AROUND THE OU | |  | | Download Your OU Guide to Passover 2025 | The OU's annual guide to everything you want or need to know about Passover is available to download. Complete with eye-catching graphics, useful charts, engaging features and practical how-to's, The OU Guide to Passover takes readers from Pesach prep through Sefirat Ha'Omer and everywhere in between. | | Download Now | | |  | | Teach NYS | | Teach NYS Heads to Albany | Teach NYS is fresh off another exciting and productive Mission to Albany! Last week, together with a cohort of community champions, school administrators, and students, Teach NYS advocated in person for the funding and support critical to our yeshivas and Jewish day schools – including STEM, security, free meals, and more. | | New Yorkers: It's Your Turn to Take Action | | |  | | All Torah | | New Pesach Halacha Series | Join Rabbi Moshe Schwed for All Torah's new daily halacha series: 30 Days Before Pesach. Tune in daily for a short, practical shiur based on the popular sefer Shloshim Yom Kodem Hachag, covering the essential halachos you need to know while preparing for Pesach. | | Listen to the Series Learn Daily on WhatsApp | | |  | | Our Way-Yachad | | Signs of the Seder | Our Way-Yachad is pleased to share a booklet with highlights of the Passover Seder in sign language. | | Order Now | | | | | | Jewish Action | | SHEIMOT NOTICE | When you are ready to dispose of your magazine: Please note that page 27 of the Spring 2025 issue of Jewish Action contains Hashem's name. According to halacha, such materials must be treated with proper respect. If you have a physical copy of the magazine, please remove page 27 and place it in genizah or bring it to your shul for proper disposal. The remainder of the magazine may be disposed of respectfully by either double-wrapping prior to disposal or placing it in a recycling bin. Thank you for your attention to this matter. | | | | |  UPCOMING EVENTS | |  TORAH | |  | | Rabbi Moshe Hauer | | Parah – God Hidden and Revealed | The reason for the annual pre-Pesach reading of Parshas Parah, the Torah instruction regarding the Parah Adumah (Red Heifer), is almost as enigmatic as its subject. While in a general sense we read it to establish purity in anticipation of the holiday season, this falls short of making this reading the Torah commandment that several sources indicate it is. | | Read More | | |  | | Rabbi Menachem Genack | | Lighting a Flame | Of all the activities prohibited on Shabbat, why is havarah – the prohibition of kindling a flame – singled out in this week's parasha? | | Read in Hebrew | | |  | | Rabbi Shmuel Goldin | | Understanding Shabbat | Moshe's clear purpose in assembling the nation at the beginning of the parsha is to launch the construction of the Mishkan. Why then does he abruptly insert the subject of Shabbat? | | Read More | | |  | | Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt"l | | Mirrors of Love | In Parshat Vayakhel, which describes the making of the Mishkan, the Torah goes out of its way to emphasize the role women played in it. | | Read More | | |  | | Rabbi Dr. Gidon Rothstein | | Can You "Own" a Mitzvah? | Does performing a mitzvah grant one right of first refusal? The teshuvah of Rav Ovadia Yosef is examined in this edition of A Responsum a Day! | | Listen Now | | |  | | Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb | | Snowballs and Sacred Moments | The Ohr HaChaim is astounded by the phrase "…and all the Congregation of the Children of Israel departed from Moshe's presence." Did they all rush away without taking leave of their leader? Did they not respectfully ask permission to depart? | | Read More | | | |
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