
Ve’etchanan
One can pray to change oneself, or one can pray to change the world.
Moses, the ultimate leader, beseeched, implored to enter the Land so that he may lead the people in their most challenging time. Moses was denied. The people have to grow up and learn to deal with challenges on their own. But Moses sees and shares the vision. Moses foresees the many difficulties the Jewish people will face, but he also knows that the people will turn raging storms into beacons of light. The miraculous exodus is recounted, as are the Ten Commandments. The immortal Shema is recounted, as are the binding connective tissue of Tefilin and Mezuzah.
Vaetchanan: Comfort My People
Many tears indeed can be shed for our children whose lives are prematurely “hijacked” by the demons of abuse and drugs; bright futures suddenly aborted; robbed of their possibilities; injured psyches.
Read MoreVaetchanan: Religion and Ethics
What should our attitude and response be when we witness Rabbis arrested in chains?
Read MoreBelow The Surface
One of the great chassidic masters once said: A chassid should be capable of the following three feats…
Read MoreThe Dancing Maidens of Jerusalem
The 15th of Av and Yom Kippur are holy festivals which represent rebirth. On these days the unmarried women of Jerusalem would go dancing in the vineyards..
Read MoreThe Nullification of the Commandments
There exists three stages of creation corresponding to three stages of observing the Torah law: The present world, the Messianic world and the world to come
Read MoreVeatchanan: A New Religion
This week’s Torah chapter opens up with Moses’ begging G-d to allow him into the Promised Land. This article explores the personality of the first zionist..
Read MoreVaetchanan: Crying For Israel
We cried about Israel upon the spies return, today we continue to cry about the land: Is there a connection between these three millennia of tears?
Read MoreVaetchanan: Orthodoxy Vs. The World
An interesting debate about how, in today’s day, we approach and respond to the reality of intermarriage in orthodoxy…
Read MoreFive Roots of Trauma Revisited
Using the concepts of The Five Roots of Trauma, this article looks at the five tragic events that took place on the 17th of Tammuz..
Read MoreThe Power Of Human Touch
The destruction of the second temple was caused by baseless hatred. Can we begin to repair this through the power of the human touch?
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