Alshich on the Torah Sefer Vayikra [Hardcover]

In his brilliant analysis of Vayikra, the Alshich uses every available method of understanding the Torah. His unique commentary sheds light on even the most cryptic passages. The Alshich poses questions that perplex the intelligent reader of the Torah and then offers in-depth analyses and original interpretations of the text. Time and again, he points out how seemingly haphazard sentence structures are rife with nuances that are pivotal to our understanding of the Torah’s text. The Alshich’s explanations demonstrate the Divine nature of the Written Torah and show us how the Oral Torah and its teachings are implicit in the wording of the Torah itself.

He poses such diverse questions as:
What is the connection between Adam HaRishon, the Akeidah, and Yom Kippur?
To which korbanos can the tzaddik and the baal teshuvah be compared, and why?
Our Sages give many reasons for the deaths of Nadav and Avihu. How could they give these reasons when the Torahsays specifically that they died because they brought an unauthorized fire before Hashem?
Chazal said that the Jewish People would be subject to four exiles. Where is there any reference to them in the verses of Vayikra?

These questions as well as hundreds of others are answered as the Alshich applies his encyclopedic knowledge and depth of thought to the Torahverses in this unique and enlightening commentary on Sefer Vayikra.

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Binding: Hardcover
Size: 6" x 9"
Pages: 640
Language: English
Publisher: Feldheim Publishers
Publication date: March 25, 2025
ISBN-10: 1680256890
ISBN-13: 9781680256895

Alshich on the Torah Sefer Vayikra [Hardcover]
Timeless wisdom on the Chumash by the Torah luminary Rabbi Moshe Alshich
By: Rabbi Moshe Alshich
Translated by: Rabbi Mordechai Rose and Rabbi Nachum Spirn

Editorial Reviews:
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“Having read portions of the manuscript, I can see that the writers and editors have done an excellent work of not only translating the Hebrew into pleasing English, but also of explaining and elucidating it at the same time. They have opened up what has until now been a closed commentary to the English-speaking public.”
Dayan Menachem Gelley
Rosh London Beis Din / Rav of Beis Hamedrash Ohr Chodosh

About the Author:
Rabbi Moshe Alshich (1508–1600), reverently referred to as HaAlshich HaKadosh (The Holy Alshich), was a student of Rabbi Yosef Caro, author of the Shulchan Aruch, and eventu-ally served as his colleague on his beis din in Tzefas. Although the Alshich wrote many halachic responsa, he is most noted for his Tanach commentary, based primarily on his weekly Shabbos sermons. This monumental work has been hailed by more than four cen-turies of Torah scholars as one of the greatest expositions ever written on Scripture. In it, he expounds on complicated passages, an-swering fundamental questions of faith and Jewish belief. The Alshich uses his creative in-sight and encyclopedic knowledge of Tanach, Talmud, and Midrash to weave together his profound interpretations. Studying Torah, Nevi’im and Kesuvim by the bright light of the Alshich’s commentary will warm the heart and illuminate the mind of every reader, from the nascent newcomer to the advanced talmid chacham.