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Back to SearchParsha: Reeh - Idle Tree, Idle Warship, and Falls Profits (5784)
The Torah spends a lot of time cautioning us against idolatry. As the nation is about to cross over the Jordan and enter Canaan, they are repeatedly …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
When and How to Prepare for the Afterlife
Sooner or later, we all are required to drink from the bitter portion of death. As a result of the sin of Adam, death is the fate of all mankind. But…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
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…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Parsha: Eikev - Hidden Mechanisms
Several themes seem to be repeating themselves again and again throughout the Book of Devarim. For example, the nation is repeatedly encouraged to no…
2 months ago
Parsha: Eikev - Shock and Awe (5784)
Flashy achievements make the news. Great triumphs, awesome deeds, transcendent moments grab our attention and seize our imagination. Humdrum acts fai…
2 months 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…
2 months ago
Parsha: Vaeschanan - Denied Entry
Prayer always makes an impact. Moshe's prayer was exceedingly powerful and made a supercharged impact. But all of Moshe's prayer, and all of his plea…
2 months, 1 week ago
Parsha: Vaeschanan - Get a Life (5784)
Moshe was Joshua's teacher. By any measure, Moshe was a greater leader of the nation than Joshua was. Moshe was the sun to Joshua's moon. But Moshe w…
2 months, 1 week ago
TORAH 101: Man As Microcosm
How exactly can man influence all the worlds, all the spheres, all the dimensions, and all the realms? Our Sages compare the human to the soul of the…
2 months, 1 week ago
Parshas Vaeschanan (Rebroadcast)
This week’s parsha continues Moshe’s monologue to the nation in the weeks preceding his passing. He begins by recounting his repeated efforts in tryi…
2 months, 1 week ago