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Are we part of the solution or part of the problem? One of the many beautiful things I’ve noticed when reading the Torah is that God creates templates for how He works with His creation. For example, He repeats throughout the Torah and again in this parashah Ki Tetze: “Always remember that you were a […]
“What has Happened to Human Rights”? This week’s haftarah portion for us is Isaiah 52:13 – 54: 10. Just as a note of interest, our sages removed chapter 53 from the weekly readings due to its controversial nature. It clearly speaks about a figure who we Jewish people have had trouble understanding because of the […]
14 Elul 5782 The Personal Revolution To listen to recorded message, click on https://youtu.be/Z2SGSaTCHYU As I watch the progression of madness upon this planet, I can understand how frantic Moshe was to give his people as much wisdom as he could before leaving them. Our Creator has given us the principles of the Torah so that […]
Why is it important to remember? This week’s parashah, Ki Tetze כִּי־תֵצֵא (When you go) contains more applications of the commandments than the others, giving us clear examples on how to apply them in relation to others and to the rest of creation (to animals, the land and even to plants). Unlike Western thought, where the so-called […]
There are No Choices with Moral Values! Elul 9 5780 בלוג כִּי-תֵצֵא, ט’ אלול תש”פ In Parashah Ki Tetze Moshe randomly presents seventy-four injunctions as if he is trying to remember everything that he wanted to say before he left. I challenge you to read them and see to which of the Ten Commandments each […]
“The Personal Revolution” 14 Elul 5776 כִּי-תֵצֵא, י”ד אלול, תשע”ו As I watch the progress of madness on this planet and wonder how we can ever fix things, I begin to understand how frantic Moshe must have felt as he was telling his people as much as he could before leaving them. Our […]
14 Elul 5776 פרשת כִּי-תֵצֵא, י”ד אלול, תשע”ו This parashah contains more mitzvoth than any other portion; 74 to be exact, 27 that we need to do and 47 that we should not do. Moshe is at the end of his life and is frantic to tell his people as much as he can before […]
