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Nitzavim Vayelech 5784 from 5777 The Shofar Shall Sound Soon! This is a double parashah, approaching the end of the Book of Deuteronomy and close to the entrance of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. We can sense a heaviness in the air during this month of Elul before the Fall Festivals. Our sages have made […]
My Way or God’s Way? As I read Deuteronomy 29 and 30 in Parashat Nitzavim, I stood back in order to see the bigger picture, as our rabbi taught us, and it occurred to me that these verses hold the key to understanding the entire Torah. Throughout the 40 years in the wilderness, God repeated […]
28 Elul 5782 How then shall we live? To listen to the recorded message: https://youtu.be/4iXhXB0TJu4 Parashat Nitzavim is the last parashah of the Jewish year 5782. Tomorrow evening, we begin the year 5783, on the 1st day of Tishrei. According to the Torah, our new year should begin at Pesach, on the first day of the month […]
What do you choose…death or life? I know that I’m stating the obvious, but when you want to know what someone said, you go to the source. In this case, the best way to know what God wants from us is to “read” what the Torah says, not what others say it says. Of course, it’s […]
“Strengthen your Weak Hands and make firm the tottering knees.” 16 Elul 5780 By Alejandro Alvarado: Before these holidays, we read this double portion that we studied before Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Our Creator reaffirms His covenant by speaking to His people in the merits of Abraham, Isaac and Yaakov, reminding them of the […]
28 Elul 5776 פרשת נִצָּבִים, כ”ח אלול, תשע”ו This is the last portion before we start our High Holidays which is spiritually charged both positively and negatively for the Jewish people. There is a heaviness that we feel for it the time when we do our checks and balances for the past year. Many businesses […]
