Faith a Jewish perspective | Parsha Devarim
In this lecture “Faith a Jewish perspective | Parsha Devarim we discuss how many people assume that emuna refers to blind faith. However, this is not the case. In the Aleinu prayer recited at...
In this lecture “Faith a Jewish perspective | Parsha Devarim we discuss how many people assume that emuna refers to blind faith. However, this is not the case. In the Aleinu prayer recited at...
In this lecture “Proofs for Oral Torah | Parsha Dedavrim we discuss how Devarim acts as a bridge between the Written Torah and the “Oral Torah.” The Oral Torah includes the Talmud and the Midrashim,...
By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: DEVARIM, Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 Isaiah 1:1-27. THE BOTTOM LINE As always, we commence the reading of the book of DEVARIM (Deuteronomy), the last of the Five Books of Moses,...
The story of Moses’ death in this week’s reading has received extensive literary treatment from Tannaitic times through the Middle Ages, in a wide variety of Jewish works.The narrative told in the Bible reveals...
Rabbi Yaakov Cohen brings down a beautiful lecture on connecting to HaShem at Rosh Hashanah. Nitzavim, Nitsavim, Nitzabim, Netzavim, or Nesabim (נִצָּבִים — Hebrew for “ones standing,” the second word, and the first distinctive...
By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: NITZAVIM: Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20 VAYELECH: Deuteronomy 31:1-30. DECLARING THE END FROM THE BEGINNING “Declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things that are not yet done,...
By Rabbi Abraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: KI SEITZEI, Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19. Haftara: Isaiah 54:1-10. WINNING THE PEACE On first examination, our parshah, KI SEITZEI, may appear to be a collection of many apparently unrelated commandments...
Discover how today is the only day that counts in your connection with G-D. Today is the taste of eternity in the world of physicality. Ki Savo (כִּי-תָבוֹא — Hebrew for “when you enter,” the second and third...
“Knowing” figures repeatedly in Deuteronomy as the basis for Moses’ demand of the Israelites that they have faith in the Lord Who took them out of Egypt. This knowing goes beyond merely acknowledging intellectually;...
In Ki Seitzei Part Two we will discuss the many law dealing with the individual and his fellow man. We will also examine the laws concerning property. The home is a private domain — so...
One of the things that the Israelites are commanded to do when they enter the land is to level and wipe out all the cult sites (places of idolatrous worship) they find there (Deut....
One of the warnings in this week’s reading is not to listen to a false prophet who seeks to lure his listeners into partaking in pagan practices. The Torah stresses that he should not...