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.…
VAESCHANANAN An Opportunity Missed is an Opportunity LostAn Opportunity Missed is an Opportunity LostMy daughter telephoned me from Jerusalem and asked me to help her with a certain matter. I…
פרשת תולדות - על בעיית הנשירה! Parshat Va’etchanan-G-d always answers prayersIn the Parsha Va’etchanan, Moses asks God to reconsider the decision to forbid him entry into the Holy Land. “Va-et’chanan,” he says,…
SOCRATES’ THREE FILTERS TEST and THE THREE WEEKSSOCRATES’ THREE FILTERS TEST and THE THREE WEEKS We are all familiar with the expression, “sinat chinam” translated as” baseless hatred”. The Talmud (Tractate Yoma 9b)…
Devarim-a special Trop“How can (eicha) I alone carry your contentiousness, your burdens, and your quarrels?” (Deuteronomy 1:12). Moshe Rabbeinu bemoans his difficulties in leading Klal Yisrael (The Children of Israel):…
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