Blog Re’eh August 11 2018, 30 Av 5778 בלוג רְאֵה, ל’ אב תשע”ח In this portion Re’eh (Look) Moshe is exhorting us to pay attention to our choices: “Look today, I am offering you blessings and curses; a blessing if you obey the Lord your God… and a curse if you disobey the commandments of […]
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Let us “Dig in our Heels” (ekev)
Blog Ekev 23 Av 5778 בלוג עֵקֶב, כ”ג אב תשע”ח In Parashat Ekev, Moshe is reminding the Israelites about the intensive training that they had received during their 40 years in the desert. Through these stories, the desire of our Creator is to teach us principles by which we can live our lives. Most people […]
Israel without TORAH is not Israel
Blog Vaetchanan 16 Av 5778 בלוג וָאֶתְחַנַּן, ט”ז אב תשע”ח I would like us to take time today to carefully glean from Moshe Rabeinu’s farewell speech in Devarim (Deut.) 4 to his people knowing that he would no longer be with them. This will also give us an understanding of what the Mashiach came to […]
Let us Heed the Warnings of our Fathe...
Blog Devarim 9 Av 5778 בלוג דְּבָרִים, ט’ אב תשע”ח We are now beginning the fifth book of the Torah. This book is totally different than the other four books. It contains the words that Moshe would personally deliver to the second generation of Israel who were then ready to enter the Promised Land. He, […]
Our Word Matters
Blog Mattot-Masei 2 Av 5778 בלוג מַּטּוֹת-מַסְעֵי, ב’ אב תשע”ח The Bore Olam teaches us how to live our daily lives through pictures contained within the stories of the Torah. Now that we are ending the book of Numbers, Israel has gone through the process of the “yetzia” – leaving Egypt to getting ready to […]
Are we willing to stand up for what i...
Blog Pinchas 24 Tammuz 5778 בלוג פִּינְחָס, כ”ד תמוז תשע”ח Pinchas was the grandson of Aaron, the Cohen Hagadol. His name could have come from the Hebrew “peh-nachash” – פה נחש mouth of the serpent. This name was used to describe his qualities as many Hebrew names are. Here, it may seem that Pinchas was […]
False Leaders
Blog Balaq 17 Tammuz 5778 בלוג בָּלָק, י”ז תמוז תשע”ח Our sages discuss about why this parashah Balaq, was named after a gentile who was an enemy of Israel. I love political science and international politics and as I watch today’s “fake” news, it is very dismaying to see how very biased the news agencies […]
Do we have a relationship with the Cr...
Blog Chukkat Tammuz 10 5778 בלוג חֻקַּת, י’ תמוז תשע”ח This portion Chukkat can be a little confusing if we take it simply in a literal sense without understanding the process that the Creator was taking the children of Israel through. From the yetziah -יציאה , the exit from Egypt to the Promised Land, they […]
Are we here to serve or be served?
Blog Korach 3 Tamuz 5778 בלוג קֹרַח, ג’ תמוז תשע”ח In Korach we read about a couple of uprisings in the camp of Israel. Our sages differ in their opinions about Korach and the other men; some consider their behavior as wrong while others see them as being righteous men. Often, those who have a […]
What Fears are Holding me Back?
Blog Shelach-Lecha 26 Sivan 5778 בלוג שְׁלַח-לְךָ, כ”ו סיון תשע”ח The part of this portion Shelach-Lecha that I would like to focus on refers to the 12 princes of each tribe who were sent to scout out the land that the Israelites were about to enter. These leaders were not wishy-washy rather they were men […]