A few weeks ago, I gave a Dvar Torah in Hebrew and then in English. Both of the messages had the same content. Although my Hebrew is more fluent than English, my wife told me that the Dvar Torah in ...
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Parashat Devarim begins with Moses reprimanding the Jewish People as he recalls the numerous places in the desert where they rebelled against God. As they enter the land of Israel, the Jewish People ...
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The book known as Devarim ("words") was originally known as Mishneh Torah - the repetition or restatement of the Torah. Hence the name Deuteronomy, "a second (statement of the) law". In it Moses ...
This dynamic of student inquiry and the teacher’s patient, honest response is essential for effective and meaningful learning – for both the teacher and the student. In this week’s parasha, Moses ...
In this week’s parasha, Devarim, Moses focused on the years when the Jewish nation wandered in the desert and on the trials and tribulations they experienced there. This week, we begin reading the ...
God speaks to Moses, from the Philip Medhurst Collection of Bible Illustrations (Wikimedia) ...
At first glance, the portion of Devarim is a random recapitulation of events the Jews experienced in the desert. It seems without order; yet a closer look reveals a clear structure. The first major ...