We have each been commanded to “love G-d with all of your hearts” [1]. We only have one heart, and so we have been taught that these “hearts” actually refer ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
Hear Israel, today you cross the Jordan… (9:1) שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל אַתָּה עֹבֵר הַיּוֹם אֶת הַיַּרְדֵּן… In this ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
“And all of these curses will come upon you…because you did not serve Hashem your G-d with with joy and goodness of the heart” (28:45-47) Such is the great ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
You are standing today — all of you — before Hashem your God (29:9) In this verse, Moshe is telling the Jewish People that they are standing before Hashem, about ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
Cursed is he who will not uphold the words of this Torah — to perform them; and all the People will say Amen (27:26) According to the simple understanding of this ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
When reading through Moshe recapping the judicial reform that we are told about in parshas Yisro, one cannot help but noting a glaring omission ..
Written by d fine
1) If one can learn, then teach The Chofetz Chaim notes that in the pasuk (11:19) of Shema velimadetem osam es beneichem ledaber bam (‘you shall teach them to your ..
Written by d fine
Whereas certain other nations are allowed to marry into Judaism (if they have converted) after a certain number of generations, when it comes ..
Written by d fine
Our sedra is one for those with ‘moodswings!’ It opens with the simcha-filled bikkurim; ‘and you shall rejoice at all the good that HaShem has given to you… ..
Written by d fine
Parashas Ki Savo – Appreciating our Fruitful History This week we have parashas Ki Savo which gives over more preparatory mitzvahs to the nation who are on the verge ..
Written by Daniel Sandground