by Rabbi Elie Mischel | f 22, 2023 | Ha'azinu, Psalms, Samuel
Terror attacks are, unfortunately, not something new to Israel. We experienced way too many just this year alone, even before the heinous attack by Hamas terrorists on October 7th. Every time an attack rocks our nation, we feel angry, we feel devastated and we wonder...
by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki | f 21, 2023 | God, Ha'azinu
Almost the entirety of this week’s Torah portion is a poem that Moses spoke to the nation of Israel in the final days of his life. Opening with the words, “Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth” (Deut. 32:1), Moses lays out...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 11, 2023 | God, Good and Evil, Ha'azinu, Responsibility
The portion of Ha’azinu contains the song mentioned in the previous Torah portion (Vayeilech), which God told Moses to teach the Children of Israel so they would always understand the consequences of their actions. It ends with Moses preparing to die before the people...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 6, 2022 | God, Ha'azinu, Messiah, Redemption
By Chaim Barzel I recently read a story originally told by Mendy Kofman about a Jewish family that survived Communist Russia and resettled in the USA. Against all odds, this family remained Torah observant in the depths of the most anti-religious empire in the world....
by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 23, 2021 | Ha'azinu, Videos
In the poem Moshe delivers on his last day on earth, he guarantees the future redemption of Israel, as explained by Rabbi Moshe Lichtman.
