September 21, 2024 | 18 Elul, 5784 | Torah Portion: Ki Savo, Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8 | Haftorah: Isaiah 60:1-22
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The Bigger the Mensch, the Bigger the Hakaras Hatov
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It’s Not About Milk and Honey
When you enter the Land that Hashem your G-d gives you…you shall take of the first of every fruit of the ground...and you shall put it in a ...read more
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Volume 38, No. 49
18 Elul 5784
September 21, 2024
Our Parashah opens with the Mitzvah of Bikkurim / bringing the first fruits of the ...read more
Parsha Summary for Parshas Ki Savo
Note: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section is called an Aliya [literally: Go up] since for each Aliya, one person ...read more
Haftorah Summary for Parshas Ki Savo
Isaiah 60:1-22
This week's Haftorah of Consolation refocuses us on the messianic vision of a nation and world united behind a single goal and ...read more
Spiritual Ups and Downs
This week we read the parsha of Ki Savo--when you will enter the Land of Israel--which begins with the commandment to bring the first fruits to ...read more
The Root Of Unhappiness
"Because you did not serve Hashem, your G-d, with happiness and goodness of heart, when you had everything in abundance"(28:47)
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Visiting and Living in Egypt
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It was a beautiful day in Toronto. Hillel and Avital were returning home with their father from a fun trip to the park. They passed ...read more
Open Your Eyes
It is the last day of Moses' life. The forty years of confinement in the desert are at an end, and the Jewish people stand poised on the banks ...read more
Haftorah Commentary Parshas Ki Savo
Yeshaya 60:1
This week's haftorah brings us to the final dimensions of the consolation of the Jewish people. The prophet Yeshaya shares with ...read more
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Chapter 10, Law 2 – Abraham’s Devotion
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Chapter 10, Law 1 – Love and Self-Deception
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Chapter 6, Mishna 1(b) : What G-d Really Wants – Part II
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Chapter 9, Law 2 – Why We Want the Messiah
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Chapter 6, Mishna 1(a): What G-d Really Wants – Part I
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Chapter 9, Law 1(c) – Physical and Spiritual Rewards
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Chapter 6 Introduction: Leaving This World
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Ben (son of) Hai Hai said, according to the distress is the reward.
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