by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki | f 5, 2024 | Isaiah, Psalms
What blessings does God need? Psalm 135:21 begins, “Blessed is the LORD from Zion.” The obvious question is, does God really need to be blessed by us? What are we actually doing when we bless God? I understand what it means to bless another person. It...
by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki | f 4, 2024 | Miracles, Zechariah
“So said the Lord of Hosts: Old men and old women will again sit in the squares of Jerusalem, each man with his cane in his hand due to advanced age. The squares of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in its squares. So said the Lord of Hosts: If...
by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki | f 24, 2024 | Faith, Va'etchanan
“You shall bind them as a sign on your arm, they shall be for ornaments between your eyes.” The practice of phylacteries Practically speaking, this verse commands the donning of phylacteries. This daily practice is still done by all Jewish males to this...
by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki | f 22, 2024 | Va'etchanan
Deuteronomy 6:6 states: These matters that I command you today shall be upon your heart Today? The word “today” appears to add no value to the plain meaning of the verse. What would have been missing from the verse had it instead read as follows: These...
by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki | f 21, 2024 | Va'etchanan
To any reader of Hebrew, there is one word in this verse that stands out as unusual. The final word of the verse, translated here as “your might”, is me’odecha. The echa at end of the word is a suffix meaning “your”. The word for “might” is me’od. Me’od is a common...
