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#165 | Devarim ch.11 - The Land That Makes You Look to Heaven
Our chapter speaks about rain.
Why is rain a central feature of connectivity between God and Israel?
Why is Egypt a "House of Bondage" whereas Eretz Y…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
#164 | Devarim ch.10 - Broken Tablets; Broken Faith (Yom Hashoah)
Today, to mark Yom Hashoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day - we speak about the tradition that "the tablets and the fragments of the tablets were both de…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
#163 | Devarim ch.9 - Criticism and Advocacy
Moses addresses the possibility that Israel will see themselves as virtuous, self-righteous and conceited as a result of their entry to the land. He …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
#162 | Devarim ch.8 - The Perils of Prosperity
Again, a chapter with famous verses, and with the source for Burkhat Hamazon, the archetype of all our blessings over food and other areas of persona…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
#161 | Devarim ch.7 - Chosen People
What is the concept of the chosen people?
It is mentioned by our chapter. Are we chosen because we are better? Or we called to act better?
3 months, 3 weeks ago
#160 | Devarim ch.6 - The Right and the Good
Today we address three major topics:
1. The first line of the Shema - What does it mean that God is "one"? What is the connection between "shema" and …
3 months, 4 weeks ago
#159 | Devarim ch.5 - Paradoxes of Revelation
Did God speak to the people or did Moses act as an intermediary, due to the people's fear of God's fire?
Are the Ten Commandments in Devarim the same …
3 months, 4 weeks ago
#158 | Devarim ch.4 - The Key to Life
In this chapter Moshe advocates for adherence to the covenant and warns against idolatry.
We evoke the central themes and ideas of the chapter which …
3 months, 4 weeks ago
#157 | Devarim ch.3 - Og The Giant?
Today we discuss the story - according to peshat (the biblical text) and derash (Jewish legend) and try to probe the intriguing persona of Og, King o…
4 months ago
#156 | Devarim ch.2 - To Fight or Not to Fight
Today we begin with an Introduction to the structure of Sefer Devarim.
We then proceed to an analysis of the first speech of Devarim, and its message.
4 months ago