by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 17, 2022 | Eikev, Free Will, God, Tests and Trials
I worked for a short period of time as an English teacher in an Israeli high school. I was not very good at it. I identified more with the students in the ongoing battle between the students and the school. One time, the head of the school forced me to give the kids...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 16, 2022 | Chosen Nation, Covenant, Eikev, Israel
Who wouldn’t want free real estate? So when God first approached Abraham and said he was giving his descendants the land of Israel, of course, he said ‘yes!’ But why did God make the offer? Was it because the Jewish people were so amazing? Even with forefathers like...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 15, 2022 | Eikev, Faith, Leadership
I was thirty-nine years old and determined to get married. Being religious and in yeshiva (school for Jewish studies), arranged dates were the way to go and I had been on hundreds of them. Usually, two meetings at a coffee house were enough to determine that there was...
by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 31, 2021 | Chosen Nation, Community, Education, Eikev, God, Israel, Redemption
On January 1, 2012, Rabbi Tuly Weisz sent his first daily newsletter to several dozen friends and family members (and hasn’t missed a day since in the past decade!). “I was inspired by this verse in Deuteronomy,” said Weisz, “that God’s eyes are upon the Land of...
by Mordi Levi | f 4, 2021 | Eikev, God, Hebrew Language, Holiness, Israel
In this verse, Moses reminds the people that how they behave will directly impact their ability to live in the Land of Israel. He tells them that if they faithfully observe God’s commandments, not only will they thrive and increase, but they will be able to possess...
