torah

A recurring theme delineated in last week’s portion and reiterated in this week’s portion is the inherent responsibility of a father to teach Torah to… Read More »Intergenerational Dialogue

Yeshaya 49:14 This week’s haftorah continues the theme of comfort and presents the strong feelings of the Jewish people in exile. The prophet Yeshaya captures… Read More »Haftorah Commentary Parshas Eikev

Friday Night THE PARSHA STARTS of with the verse: And it will be, because you will—aikev—listen to these judgments and keep and perform them… (Devarim… Read More »I Protest!

In this week’s portion, the Torah seemingly indicates that there is a simple formula for Jewish life and success while living in the land of… Read More »Not in This World

And it will be, because you will heed these ordinances and keep them and perform, that HASHEM, your G-d, will keep for you the covenant… Read More »The Prelude to All That is Good

Burn the carved images of their gods…Do not covet and take the silver and gold that is on them, lest you be ensnared by it.[2]… Read More »Molten Rock Rocks!

BS”D Volume 35, No. 41 22 Av 5781 July 31, 2021 Sponsored by Faith Ginsburg, on the yahrzeits of her uncle Benjamin Lavin (Binyamin Beinish… Read More »What’s in a Blessing?

[Hillel] used to say, one who seeks a name loses his name, one who does not increase [his knowledge] decreases it (or: will perish), one… Read More »Chapter 1, Mishna 13(a): The Challenge of Life – Part I

It is forbidden for a person to accustom himself to speaking words of ‘smoothness’ and deception. And a person should not be of different mind… Read More »Chapter 2, Law 6 – Smooth Talk and Self-Deception

You began to show Your servant Your greatness and Your strong hand. What power is there…that can perform according to Your deeds. Let me now… Read More »Robbing the Poor