White Garments
In this week’s Parsha we learn about how on Yom Kippur the Kohen Gadol would only wear four simple clothes made of linen, known as “white clothing.”
Listen to a short summary of a Sicha on the topic, delivered in Yiddish by Reb Yoel Kahn. To read an English transcript of this shiur click here.
Shlissel Challah
Many have the custom to bake “schlissel challah” (challah shaped like a key, or that has a key inside it) this week, the first shabbos after Pesach. Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein of shulchanaruchharav.com discusses the reasons for this minhag and addresses the question – Is this Minhag Chabad?
Sa’ir La’azozel
In this weeks Parsha we learn about the goat that was thrown off a cliff on Yom Kipur.
Listen to an in-depth shiur on the Sa’ir La’azozel by renowned lecturer Rabbi Yossi Paltiel based on Rishonim, Achronim and sifrei Kabalah.
Click here to view sources for this shiur.
Reb Levi Yitzchok on Zohar of this week’s Parsha (new)
In the Zohar of this week it is stated that one should devitate his route one hundred times rather than meet a person who has an Ayin Horo.
Listen to a short discussion on this based on Lekutei Levi Yitzchok from the Rebbe’s father, delivered by Rabbi Moshe Gourarie, an editor of Chassidus Mevueres on Tanya.
Click here to read for a handout for this shiur.