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Back to SearchParsha: Ki Savo – Clinging to Gold
On the surface, Bikkurim appears to be an ordinary, tithe-like Mitzvah. When the first fruits of a season’s crop begin to sprout, you designate them …
4 years ago
TORAH 101: The Mechanics of the Afterlife
What happens after we die is an endlessly fascinating – or terrifying – topic. In our exploration of the Afterlife we have covered vast grounds: We’v…
4 years ago
Parsha: Parshas Ki Savo (Rebroadcast)
As the Book of Deuteronomy draws to its conclusion, the narrative makes a transition: Moshe finishes conveying the mitzvos to the nation, and sets up…
4 years ago
Parsha: Ki Seitzei – The Payoff Pitch
What is the nature of the conflict of life? How, indeed, are we suspended between good and bad, between mitzvos and sin, between the evil and good in…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Spiritual Edifice
The Jewish holiday calendar is not evenly distributed. Mush of our Festivals are clumped together in one month, followed by a long winter with few sp…
4 years, 1 month ago
TORAH 101: Paradise and Purgatory
Paradise and Purgatory, “Gehenom” and “Gan Eden” in Hebrew, are two potential destinations of the soul after a person dies. The righteous ones who ha…
4 years, 1 month ago
Parsha: Parshas Ki Seitzei (Rebroadcast)
In the parsha that contains the most mitzvos of any of the 54 Torah sections (a staggering 74 mitzvos), we read about the wayward and rebellious son,…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Power and Opportunity of Elul
These 40 days from the beginning of the month of Elul, the final month in the Jewish calendar, and Yom Kippur are the most powerful days of the year.…
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Parsha: Shoftim – Hill To Die On
Our Parsha contains the instructions for how to conduct war. We are told that we must extend peace overtures before launching an attack, we are told …
4 years, 1 month ago
TORAH 101: Post-Mortem Judgment and Cleansing
Death is a inescapable part of human life. It was not always like that. Prior to Adam’s sin in the Garden, man was destined to live forever. As a res…
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