Deuteronomy
Devarim
Devarim: How Justice and Jews Make a Great Combo
At the beginning of Devarim, Moses reviews the history of the Israelites’ experience in the wilderness, beginning with the appointment of leaders throughout the...
Devarim: Self-Sacrifice for the Torah
Devarim, 1:9: I (Moshe) said to you at that time, saying: ‘I cannot carry you alone’.Devarim, 1:13-14: Provide for yourselves distinguished men, who are...
5 Facts About Parshat Devarim that You (Maybe) Didn’t Know
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Va'etchanan
Va'etchanan: The Power of Questioning
In a much watched TED talk Simon Sinek asked the question: how do great leaders inspire action? What made people like Martin Luther King and Steve Jobs stand out from...
5 Facts About Parshat Va'etchanan that You (Maybe) Didn’t...
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Vaetchanan: Using the Yetser haTov for the Good
Devarim, 6:5: “You shall love HaShem, your G-d, with all our heart, with all your soul, and with all your resources.”Rashi, 6:5, sv. With all your heart:...
Eikev
Eikev: Listening Is a Gift
It is one of the most important words in Judaism, and also one of the least understood. Its two most famous occurrences are in last week’s parsha and this...
5 Facts About Parshat Eikev that You (Maybe) Didn’t Know
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Eikev: Clinging to the Wise Man
In Parshat Eikev, the Torah commands the people to go in the ways of HaShem, and to”cling to Him”.[1]
Re'eh
Re'eh: Freedom Is a Choice
Having set out the broad principles of the covenant, Moses now turns to the details, which extend over many chapters and several parshiyot. The long review of the laws...
5 Facts About Parshat Re'eh that You (Maybe) Didn’t Know
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Parshat Re'eh: The Joy in Observing All the Commandments
Accepting the words of our sages is not obvious to everyone. Thus, some readily accept the commandments of the Torah, but have more difficulty with rabbinic decrees. A...
Shoftim
Shoftim: Being Honest without being Naïve!
The Torah commands us: "Be honest with Hashem, your G-d." Rashi explains that one must accept what Hashem gives us without trying to predict the future. We must accept...
5 Facts About Parshat Shoftim that You (Maybe) Didn’t Know
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Shoftim: How Torah Views Monarchy
The contribution of Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible, to political thought is fundamental, but not well known. In this study I want to look at the institution of monarchy. What...
Ki Teitzei
5 Facts About Parshat Ki Teitzei that You (Maybe) Didn’t...
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Ki Teitzei: Making the Most of Our Strengths
“An Ammonite and Moabite shall not enter the congregation of Hashem, even their tenth generation shall not enter the congregation of Hashem, to eternity. ...
Ki Tetzei: Fighting Hatred
Ki Teitzei contains more laws than any other parsha in the Torah, and it is possible to be overwhelmed by this embarras de richesse of detail. One verse, however, stands...
Ki Tavo
5 Facts About Parshat Ki Tavo that You (Maybe) Didn’t Know
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Ki Tavo: The True Source of Simcha
A great deal of Parshat Ki Tavo outlines the devastating punishments that would befall the Jewish people if they do not follow the Torah. In the midst of the...
Ki Tavo: The Essence of Man
One reason religion has survived in the modern world despite four centuries of secularisation is that it answers the three questions every reflective human being will...
Nitzavim
Nitzavim: The Choice of Life Over Death
“See I have placed before you life and good, and death and evil[1]...I have placed life and death before you, blessing and curse; and you shall choose life so that...
5 Facts About Parshat Nitzavim that You (Maybe) Didn’t...
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Nitzavim: Why Be a Jew?
When I was a student at university in the late 1960s – the era of student protests, psychedelic drugs, and the Beatles meditating with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi...
Vayelech
Vayelech: Bringing the Children
Devarim, 31:12: “Gather together the people – the men, the women, and the small children, and your stranger who is in your cities – so that they will...
5 Facts About Parshat Vayelech that You (Maybe) Didn’t...
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Vayelech: Torah Is a Song
Moses’ long and tempestuous career is about to end. With words of blessing and encouragement he hands on the mantle of leadership to his successor Joshua, saying,...
Haazinu
Haazinu: The Duties of a Leader
When words take wing, they modulate into song. That is what they do here in Haazinu as Moses, with the angel of death already in sight, prepares to take leave of this...
5 Facts About Parshat Haazinu that You (Maybe) Didn’t Know
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Haazinu: Never Give Up On Any Jew
Towards the end of Parshat Haazinu, Moshe exhorts the people: “…Apply your hearts to all the words that I testify against you today, with which you are to...
Vezot Habracha
Vezot Habracha: The Multiple Mitzvot
The very final Parsha in the Torah contains the first Passuk that we teach our children; “Torah Tziva Lanu Moshe, Morasha, Kehillas Yaakov[1].” This...
Vezot Habracha: Moshe's Life and Death
Rav David Hekcher, one of the directors of the prestigious Yeshiva Kol Torah in Jerusalem, was walking down the street with a group of students one day, discussing the...
Deuteronomy
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