When you send away the mother-bird . . . when you build a new house and you make a fence around your roof . . . don’t sow a mixture in your vineyard . . . don’t ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
“When you go to war against your enemies… if you will notice an attractive lady, you may take her captive to be your wife” [1]. The reason being that it is recognised ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
Much of our sedra connects in some way or another to the theme of mixtures. We are warned about mixing male and female clothing, about mixing wool and linen in our garments, ..
Written by D Fine
“He (Amalek) happened upon you on the way, and he struck the weaklings who were straggling at the rear, when you were faint and exhausted, and he did not fear ..
Written by Benjie Fine
Parshas Ki Teitzei; Remembering Amalek The majority of our sedra this week deals with forbidden mixtures/’coming togethers’ of 2 things; for example ..
Written by D FIne
In this week’s Parsha the Torah prohibits marrying an Ammonite or a Moabite for all generations even after conversion. LO YAVO AMONI UMO’AVI BIKHAL HASHEM, “An ..
Written by B Rose
Our Parsha this week concludes with the commandment to Amalek’s sin against our forefathers on the way out of Egypt (Devarim 25:17) “He ambushed (vay’zanev) ..
Written by d fine
Parshas Ki Seitzei; Woman of the Knight The very opening of our sedra sees us thrust into a story of intrigue, adventure, and romance. No, its not Eastenders (and ..
Written by d fine
The Vilna Gaon brought down a kabballa that all parshaiot in the book of Devarim represent a different century between the years 5000 and 6000. It works out that ..
Written by Anonymous
Parashas Ki Seitzei – Resisting the Irresistible This week’s sedra is Parashas Ki Seitzei and there exists a vast plethora of interesting mitzvahs and commandments ..
Written by Daniel Sandground