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 THE POWER IS IN THE  PREPARATION  In Parshat Emor, the Torah presents a section on Sukkot. That section, includes the halachot of the “arba minim” – the Four Species” — i.e.,…

THE POWER OF PREPARATION“The first day of  counting  one’s sins”THE POWER OF PREPARATION  In Parshat Emor, the Torah presents a section on Sukkot. Thatsection, includes the halachot of the “arba minim”…

Ki Tavo -Faith in the FutureThe Mishnah in the third portion of Masechet Bikurim describes the process of how the farmer brought his first fruits, the bikurim, to the Bet Hamikdash (The Temple). The Mishnah illustrates an incredible spectacle,…

Parshas Hazinu Forget Not!Never forget …always remember.. “Zechor yemot olam binu shenot dod vador she’al avicha veyagedcha zkeinecha veyomeru lach” (32:7). We read in Parshat Haazinu, the words of Moshe…

 Ki Tavo -Faith in the FutureThe Mishnah in the third portion of Masechet Bikurim describes the process of how the farmer brought his first fruits, the bikurim, to the Bet Hamikdash (The Temple). The Mishnah illustrates an incredible spectacle,…

Nitzavim -slow down stop and thinkNitzavim The Parsha begins “Atem nitzavim hayom kulchem lifnei hashem Elokeichem.” You are all standing today before Hashem your G-d…” (Devarim– Deuteronomy 29:9).Chazal (our Rabbis) indicated that the reading of Parshat Nitzavim always precedes Rosh Hashanah in order…

 Ki Tavo-Emulate G-d -ask for forgiveness! Emulate G-d -ask for forgiveness!“The Lord will establish you as His holy people, as He swore to you, if you keep the commandments of the…

 Ki Teitzei -There is no action that is trivial.Ki Teitzei -There is no action that is trivial.  If, along the road, you chance upon a bird’s nest, in any tree or on…

 Shoftim – Beginning the CountdownShoftim veshotrim titen lekha – “Judges and officers shalt thou make thee.”(Devarim – Deuteronomy 16, 18):This week we enter the month of Elul, the period of…

Parshat Shoftim-We are all kings ….Parshat Shoftim, presents the laws relevant to the king of Israel.  It speaks of the appointment of a king and the numerous restrictions placed on him.…