Our sedra sees the repetition of the ten commandments. These comprised of two tablets, each with five commandments on. These two sets of five pair up with each other; ..
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After shacharis, many have the wonderful custom to say the six remembrace psukim printed in the siddurim just before the 13 articles of faith. They are the remembering ..
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Va’eschanan contains, amongst other treasures, the first paragraph of the Shema. In it (6:6) we are commanded that ‘these words that I command you shall be on your ..
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The fact that a vort is unpopular does not always mean it should go unsaid. This is one example. Towards the end of the serda (6;10-13), Moshe says that we will ..
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The pasuk (6:5) commands that you shall love HaShem with all your hearts (be’chol levavcha), which Rashi reveals refers to loving HaShem with both your inclinations; ..
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The kli yakar gives us a great insight into the words Shema Yisrael HaShem (Yud-keh-vav-keh) Elokeinu HaShem (Yud-keh-vav-keh) Echad. The name Elokim represents ..
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Parashas Vaeschanan – The Power of Prayer This week we have Parashas Vaeschanan which continues with the theme started at the beginning of the book of Devarim ..
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“You shall love Hashem..” The word אהבה – love – has a root of הב which means give. We are commanded in this weeks parsha to Love Hashem. ..
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Only last week we read of the Jewish people’s multiple misdemeanours and acts of individual and collective rebellion during its 40 years in the desert (the necessity ..
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The 10 commandments were written upon 2 tablets; the idea being that the first 5 commandments are of the bein adam lamakom ilk (eg Shabbat), whilst the second lot of 5 are of bein ..
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