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) Parashat Vaetchanan NOW YOU ARE TO TAKE EXCEEDING CARE FOR YOUR SELVES- FOR YOU DID NOT SEE ANY FORM ON THE DAY THAT GOD SPOKE TO YOU AT HOREV FROM THE MIDST OF THE FIRE – LEST YOU WREAK RUIN BY MAKING YOURSELVES A CARVED FORM OF ANY FIGURE IN THE PATTERN OF MALE OR FEMALE. (Devarim 4:15-16) NOW YOU ARE TO TAKE EXCEEDING CARE FOR YOUR SELVES – TO LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD. (Joshua 23:11)   "Only take you care" – this refers to the...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Parshat Vaetchanan   “And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.” One must bless (the Lord) for the bad just as he blesses Him for the good, as is written: ““And you shall love the Lord our God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.” “With all your heart: — with both your inclinations, the good inclination and the evil inclination. “With all your soul” –...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat Vaetchanan (link to original page) Parshat Vaetchanan "Destroyers" and Idol Makers", Even In The Observance Of Mitzvot"!? Mishel Ben Soussan In the commentary of "Mey Hashiloah", Rabbi Yosef Leiner from Izbitza (the eighteenth century), is used to shedding light on verses that are seemingly of secondary importance and reveals very deep levels in these verses. I want to suggest here a commentary that characterizes his original and exciting thinking. I based it here on the rest of the articles of the commentary of "Me Hashiloah", and of the "Beit Ya'akov" (his...