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Shana Tova from Jerusalem
The days are getting shorter. Leaves are blowing in the wind and wandering birds fly…
Parashat Ki Tavo (Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8)
“Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.” (Deuteronomy 28:5) Parashat Ki Tavo opens…
Parashat Ki Teitzei (Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19)
“You shall make tassels on the four corners of the garment with which you cover…
Parashat Shoftim (Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9)
“When you approach a town to attack it, you shall offer it terms of peace.”…
A Tale Of Two Cities
Jerusalem and Tel Aviv are not Charles Dickens’ London and Paris but in a similar…
Parashat R’eih (Deuteronomy 11:26-16:12)
“Together with your households, you shall feast there before the Lord your god, happy in…
Parashat Eikev (Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25)
“For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with…
Parashat Va-etchanan (Deut. 3:23-7:11)
“Or what great nation has laws and rules as perfect as all this Torah is…
Parashat D’varim (Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22)
“You shall not be partial in judgement: hear out low and high alike…” (Deuteronomy 1:17)…
Parashat Mattot-Masei (Numbers 30:32-36:13)
“Instruct the Israelite people and say to them: when you enter the land of Canaan,…