Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parashat Nitzavim-Vayelech FOR THE COMMANDMENT THAT I COMMAND YOU THIS DAY: IT IS NOT TOO EXTRAORDINARY FOR YOU, IT IS NOT TOO FAR AWAY! IT IS NOT IN THE HEAVENS, FOR YOU TO SAY: WHO WILL GO UP FOR US TO THE HEAVENS AND GET IT FOR US AND HAVE US HEAR IT, THAT WE MAY OBSERVE IT… RATHER, NEAR TO YOU IS THE WORD, EXCEEDINGLY, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART, TO OBSERVE IT!...
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parashat Ki Tavo NOW MOSHE AND THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL COMMANDED THE PEOPLE, SAYING: AND IT SHALL BE: AT THE TIME THAT YOU CROSS THE JORDAN INTO THE LAND THAT THE LORD YOUR GOD IS GIVING YOU, YOU ARE TO SET UP FOR YOURSELF GREAT STONES AND ARE TO PLASTER THEM WITH PLASTER; YOU ARE TO WRITE ON THEM ALL THE WORDS OF THIS INSTRUCTION, WHEN YOU CROSS OVER, IN ORDER THAT YOU MAY ENTER THE...
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parashat Ki Tetseh WHEN YOU BUILD A NEW HOUSE, YOU ARE TO MAKE A PARAPET FOR YOUR ROOF, THAT YOU NOT PUT BLOOD-GUILT ON YOUR HOUSE IF SOMEONE FALLING FALLS FROM IT. (Devarim 22:8) Is Everything in God's Hands? "If someone falling falls from it" – this person deserved to fall, but even so let his death not be caused by you, because merit is awarded through the meritorious and retribution through the guilty. (Rashi,...
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat קדיש משפחת לזר 3 13 2003-08-19T19:52:00Z 2003-08-29T14:56:00Z 2003-08-29T14:56:00Z 1 3193 15970 סעד 133 38 19125 10.2625 Clean Clean MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parashat Shoftim JUDGES AND OFFICIALS YOU ARE TO PROVIDE FOR YOURSELVES, WITHIN ALL YOUR GATES THAT THE LORD YOUR GOD IS GIVING YOU, FOR YOUR TRIBAL-DISTRICTS; THEY ARE TO JUDGE THE PEOPLE WITH EQUITABLE JUSTICE. YOU ARE NOT TO CAST ASIDE A CASE FOR JUDGMENT. YOU ARE NOT TO SPECIALLY RECOGNIZE ANYONE'S FACE, AND YOU ARE NOT...
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parashat Reeh HOWEVER, THERE WILL NOT BE AMONG YOU ANY NEEDY PERSON, FOR GOD WILL BLESS, YES, BLESS YOU IN THE LAND THAT THE LORD YOUR GOD IS GIVING YOU AS AN INHERITANCE, TO POSSESS. WHEN THERE WILL BE AMONG YOU A NEEDY PERSON FROM ANY ONE OF YOUR BROTHERS, WITHIN ONE OF YOUR GATES IN THE LAND THE LORD YOUR GOD IS GIVING YOU, YOU ARE NOT TO TOUGHEN YOUR HEART, YOU ARE NOT TO...
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parashat Ekev FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD, HE IS THE GOD OF GODS AND THE LORD OF LORDS, THE GOD GREAT, POWERFUL, AND AWE-INSPIRING, HE WHO LIFTS UP NO FACE IN FAVOR AND TAKES NO BRIBE, PROVIDING JUSTICE FOR ORPHAN AND WIDOW, LOVING THE SOJOURNER, BY GIVING HIM FOOD AND CLOTHING. SO ARE YOU TO LOVE THE SOJOURNER, FOR STRANGERS WERE YOU IN THE LAND OF EGYPT. (Devarim 10:18) "So are you to love...
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parashat Vaetchanan THEN MOSHE SET APART THREE TOWNS IN THE COUNTRY ACROSS THE JORDAN, TOWARD THE RISING OF THE SUN, FOR FLEEING TO BY THE ACCIDENTAL MURDERER WHO MURDERS HIS NEIGHBOR WITH NO FORETHOUGHT, WHERE HE DID NOT BEAR HATRED TOWARD HIM FROM YESTERDAY AND THE DAY BEFORE, AND SO CAN FLEE TO ONE OF THESE TOWNS AND STAY ALIVE. (Devarim 4:41-42) Even One Accused Of Murder Is Entitled To A Decent Attitude And A...
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parashat Devarim HOW CAN I BEAR UNAIDED THE TROUBLE OF YOU, AND THE BURDEN, AND THE BICKERING! (Devarim 1:12) "The Lord God called to the human and said to him: 'Ayeka' (Bereishit 3:9) – Eicha , Eicha, Eicha and "Ayeka" ("Ayeka" (where are you) and "eicha" ('alas' and 'how') share the same spelling.) Said Rabbi Abahu in the name of Rabbi Chanina: It is written (Hoshea 6), "But they, to a man,...
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parashat Matot-Mas'ey FOR THE WESTERN BOUNDARY YOU SHALL HAVE THE COAST OF THE GREAT SEA; THAT SHALL SERVE AS YOUR WESTERN BOUNDARY. (Bemidbar 34:6) Expansion of Boundaries: Chalutziut or Concern for Possessions Among the Sons of Gad and the Sons of Reuven were many wealthy people, and they possessed much livestock and they loved their possessions, and therefore they settled outside the land, and they separated themselves from their brothers for the sake of the...
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parashat Pinchas COMMAND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AND SAY TO THEM: OF MY NEAR-OFFERING, MY FOOD, AS MY FIRE-OFFERINGS, MY SOOTHING SAVOR, YOU ARE TO BE IN CHARGE, BRING IT NEAR TO ME AT ITS APPOINTED TIME. AND YOU ARE TO SAY TO THEM: THIS IS THE FIRE-OFFERING THAT YOU ARE TO BRING NEAR TO GOD: LAMBS A YEAR IN AGE, WHOLLY SOUND, TWO PER DAY, AS A REGULAR OFFERING UP. THE ONE LAMB YOU ARE...