by Mordi Levi | f 3, 2021 | Education, Revelation and Prophecy, Va'etchanan
In the midst of his farewell speeches to the Children of Israel, Moses charges them to “take to heart these instructions with which I charge you this day” (Deuteronomy 6:6). Though he says he is commanding them to keep the instructions “this day,” the commandments had...
by Mordi Levi | f 2, 2021 | Covenant, God, Israel, Va'etchanan
After a brief introduction and a review of how the Children of Israel ended up at the banks of the Jordan River ready to inherit the Holy Land at the beginning of Deuteronomy, Moses begins to review some of the laws and commandments that they will have to keep in the...
by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 20, 2019 | Va'etchanan
This past Sabbath, Jews around the world read from Isaiah 40. “Comfort, oh comfort My people, Says your God.” The Sabbath of Comfort occurs on the Sabbath immediately following the Fast of the Ninth of Av. While the Ninth of Av is the saddest days on the...
