Posts by JCC Association

“You shall do according to what is announced to you from that place the Lord shall choose, observing scrupulously all they will instruct you.” (Deuteronomy 17:10) Parashat Shoftim opens by … Continued

“You shall not act at all as we now act here, every man as he pleases.” (Deuteronomy 12:8) Classic rabbinic thought presumes every letter, word, and verse of the Torah … Continued

“Further, the Lord spoke to me, saying, I have seen this people and behold, it is a stiff-necked people.” (Deuteronomy 9:13) August 2019 marks the 400th anniversary of the establishment … Continued

“For what great nation is there that has a god so close at hand as is the Lord our God whenever we call upon Him?” (Deuteronomy 4:7) In Parashat Va-etchanan, … Continued

“Do not fear them, for it is the Lord your God who will battle for you.” (Deuteronomy 3:22) D’varim, or Deuteronomy, the fifth and last book of the Torah documents … Continued

“So Moses, at the Lord’s bidding, instructed the Israelites, saying: ‘The plea of the Josephite tribe is just.’” (Numbers 36:2) “The Torah has seventy faces” is an essential building block … Continued

“He laid his hands upon him and commissioned him— as the Lord had spoken through Moses.” (Numbers 27:23) Moses is such a towering Biblical personality it’s surprising when commentators portray … Continued

“He perceived no iniquity in Jacob and saw no perversity in Israel. The Lord his God is with him and the friendship of the King is in him.” (Numbers 23:21) … Continued