All posts in: Book of Devarim
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6 months agoHappy Sadness
As we mourn for the loss of the Beit HaMikdash in the days leading up to Tisha B’Av, it seems strange to say that in a funny sort of way we should be happy that ..
Written by Julian Alper
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6 months ago
Getting Your Bearings
“Do not deviate right or left from the commandment so that you live long” [1]. We of course understand the importance of not deviating from the commandments, ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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6 months ago
Shoftim: Always Wanted
Shoftim: Always Wanted[i] In 2013 I heard an interview on National Public Radio with a man named Mike Williams. Mr. Williams was the inventor of the first intraoral ..
Written by Rabbi Aryeh Dachs
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5 years agoWine & Dine – The “reward” for mitzvos
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
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5 years agoHeart of Hearing
For the benefit of the Children of Israel “Moshe explained the Torah well” [1]. To explain the Torah “well” is interpreted that Moshe translated the Torah ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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6 years agoThe Gratitude Attitude
That you shall take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you will bring from your land. . . And you shall call out and say before Hashem, your God, ..
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6 years agoGuard your Soul: Va’etchanan
Guard your Soul – Va’etchanah We have been commanded to “guard your soul” [1]. This is the positive commandment to look after our bodies. Our body of course ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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6 years agoProtect Yourself From… YOU!
You shall set up judges and enforcement officers for yourself in all your gates . . . (Devarim 16:18) From the seemingly redundant inclusion of the words “for ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
