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The Torah is an instruction manual from God. The word Torah, in fact, means instruction. The Torah contains many details; in fact, there is no concei…
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Parshas Reeh (Rebroadcast)
This week’s parsha marks a transition in the Book of Deuteronomy: it is no longer primarily about admonishment and rebuke and warnings, instead we re…
3 years, 1 month ago
Parsha: Eikev - Longevity Pill
A ubiquitous feature in Jewish homes, the Mezuzah contains a scroll with two paragraphs from the Torah, one from this week's Parsha and one from last…
3 years, 1 month ago
Parsha: Eikev - Cheat Code for Life (5781)
The Torah contains a lot of details regarding what the Almighty expects of us. A verse in our parsha purports to get to the bottom line of what - in …
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Mitzvah: Fire On the Altar (#132-3)
Steady fires were always present atop the Altar. At all times, even when sacrifices were not being processed in the Tabernacle and the Temple, a stea…
3 years, 1 month ago
Parshas Eikev (Rebroadcast)
We pick up where we left off last week amid Moshe’s speech to the nation before his passing, and as in the previous few weeks, Parshas Eikev is jam p…
3 years, 1 month ago
Parsha: Vaeschanan - Jordan Rules
As a result of Moshe's sin of striking the rock, he was barred from crossing over the Jordan River and entering the Land of Canaan. In Moshe's speech…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Kabbalistic Backstory of Tisha B'av with Rabbi Shmuly Botnick
The Ninth Day of the month of Av is the saddest day of the Jewish calendar. On this day, the First Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians. On this s…
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Parsha: Va'eschanan - Entry Denied (5781)
Moshe was very desirous of entering the Land. The Midrash reveals that he prayed 515 separate prayers to petition God to revoke His ban on Moshe ente…
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Ethics: Good Heart (6.6.23)
Although the study of Torah is ostensibly a cognitive pursuit, there are many qualities that are not cognitive nature that facilitate and enable the …
3 years, 1 month ago