Rabbi Yitzchok Oratz – Torah Links

Pious Pleasure- Parshas Kedoshim

A fancy house… A cool car… Carnal pleasures… An exciting vacation… Designer clothes… The best doctors and hospitals… Power…. Information… […]

It is a fundamental principle of the Jewish faith that G-d’s constant presence fills all of existence. Whether one prefers

Moshe (Moses) would have never been elected president. Not only that, he never would have never even gotten a job

Question: What do children look forward to most? A) School ; B) Playing at home; or C) A family vacation

Wife (calling husband at work): “Hi Honey, I have a great idea. Let’s get a babysitter and go check out

A corpse. A corpse on Union Street, New Orleans. It is seven years later and I still cannot get the

There is nothing more “treif” (non-kosher) than a pig. Pig has always represented the prototype of impurity, the quintessential “treif”

The arduous journey was finally nearing its conclusion. The Jewish people had wandered through the desert for forty long years.

Lep’er n. One suffering from leprosy; outcast. (Webster’s Dictionary) Webster has it right. Indeed, as our Torah portion tells us

Holy Moses, where did he go? Since arriving on the scene at the beginning of the book of Exodus, Moses