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Parshas Nitzavim-Vayelech – Make an Accounting of Your Life

The parsha always shows us the way to realize the challenges of the moment, and this week’s parsha Nitzavim is no exception; we learn...

“This Season’s Leitmotif: Return!”

We have all been brought up to believe in the importance of progress. For the past several centuries, the goal of philosophy, religion, culture,...

Parshas Ki Tavo – “Walls Have Ears?”

We all have our secret lives. I don't mean to say that each of us has a sinister side, which we wickedly act out...

Parshas Ki Tavo – “G-d’s Guiding Hand in Our History”

In this week’s parsha, the tochachos - the curses, the terrible calamities that will befall us throughout our history are enumerated. There is no...

Parshas Ki Teitzei – Clarifying the Laws of War

“When you will go out to war against your enemies, and Hashem your G-d will deliver him into your hand and you will capture...

Parshas Ki Teitzei – Are You Prepared? 

This parsha contains the most mitzvos of all the parshiot, and they encompass many areas that prepare us for Rosh HaShana and enable us...

Parshas Shoftim – Judges, Kings, Workers & Scholars

Rabbeinu Nissim z”l (14th century; Barcelona, Spain) writes that, unlike other nations, the Jews have a dual judicial system. Every nation has laws, whose...

Parshas Shoftim – Overcoming Negative Traits; Spiritual Growth

The parsha opens with the words, “Judges and officers shall you appoint for yourselves in all of your gates.” (Deut. 16:17) There are many...

Parshas Reeh – The Tree of Knowledge

Since the dawn of human history, mankind has faced, in one guise or another, the same temptations that confronted the very first man and...

Parshas Re’eh – It’s All in Our Hands

In this weeks’s parsha it states, “You shall seek out His presence and you shall come there..” (Deut. 12:5) There appears to be a...

Parshas Eikev – Humility: On the Shoulders of Our Father

And now, O Israel, what does God, your God, demand of you? Only to fear God, your God, to walk in all His ways...

Parshas Eikev – “Discipline and Suffering”

As a parent, grandparent, and psychologist, I am often considered to be something of an expert on parenting and child-rearing. In that capacity, I...

Parshas V’eschanan – The Good, the Bad and the Beloved

Rabbeinu Nissim ben Reuven z”l (“Ran”; Gerona, Spain; 1320-1376) writes: When one wants to direct a person who has strayed back onto the proper...

Parshas V’Eschanan – “No Entitlement”  

This weeks parsha is one of the richest, for within it are to be found the pillars of our Judaism – the Ten Commandments,...

Parshas Devarim – Sense and Sensitivity 

This week we begin the Sefer {Book} of Devarim {Deuteronomy}. “Aileh haDevarim asher debair Moshe el kol Yisroel {These are the things that Moshe...

Parshas Devarim – Eternal Love

The Shabbos preceding Tisha B’Av is called Shabbos Chazon. It draws its name from the first word of the haftorah which contains Isaiah’s rebuke...

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