Category: Parshat V’etchanan
Moses’ request of the people at this historic moment is understandable, for only that same generation can attest to later generations about the three important events in the life of the people from which...
Rod Reuven Bryant delivers a compelling message of hope and inspiration. Realizing the reason for which we mourn should encourage us to grow in our Emunah. Tisha B’Av (lit. “the ninth of Av”) (Hebrew: תשעה...
By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11. Haftara: Isaiah 40:1-26. “AND I TRIED TO INGRATIATE MYSELF.” In the opening word of our PARSHAH of VO-ESCHANAN, Moses tells how “I tried to ingratiate myself” with G-d —...
In VaEtchanan part two we examine the center of the parashah and the second telling of the Giving of the Torah at Sinai and the Ten Commandments. In the annual cycle of the Torah reading,...
In Ve’etchanan part one the Shabbat of comfort after the fast of Tisha B’Av — SHABBOS NACHAMU (so-called after the opening words of the Haftara). Having mourned past destruction and ruin on Tisha Be’Av,...