“When a soul wishes to bring a meal-offering before Hashem…” (Leviticus 2:1)
Rashi points out that the term “soul” (nefesh) was not used in connection with any other voluntary offering but the meal-offering. This is because the meal-offering is the offering of a poor person – and to Hashem, even though it is a modest offering, it is considered as if they offered their very soul.
“I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob…” (Exodus 6:3). This seems to be a very straightforward and unambiguous statement by God to Moses.
“You don’t learn by having faith. You learn by questioning, by challenging, by re-examining everything you’ve ever believed. And yet, all this is a matter
“You have enough. Circle the mountain and turn to the north” (Deuteronomy 2:3). Rabbi Shlomo Ephraim Luntschitz, in his commentary Kli Yakar, spins this verse
