July 30, 2021 ✦ 21 Av, 5781 ✦ Torah Portion: Eikev, Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25 ✦ Haftorah: Isaiah 49:14-51:3
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A Father’s Love
The sadness still lingers in our hearts. Just days ago, we fasted and grieved over the destruction of Jerusalem. We read the lurid accounts in ...read more
Intergenerational Dialogue
A recurring theme delineated in last week's portion and reiterated in this week's portion is the inherent responsibility of a father to teach ...read more
Haftorah Commentary Parshas Eikev
Yeshaya 49:14
This week's haftorah continues the theme of comfort and presents the strong feelings of the Jewish people in exile. The prophet ...read more
I Protest!
Friday Night
THE PARSHA STARTS of with the verse:
And it will be, because you will—aikev—listen to these judgments and keep and perform ...read more
Not in This World
In this week's portion, the Torah seemingly indicates that there is a simple formula for Jewish life and success while living in the land of ...read more
The Prelude to All That is Good
And it will be, because you will heed these ordinances and keep them and perform, that HASHEM, your G-d, will keep for you the covenant and the ...read more
Molten Rock Rocks!
Burn the carved images of their gods…Do not covet and take the silver and gold that is on them, lest you be ensnared by it.[2]
While this verse ...read more
What’s in a Blessing?
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Volume 35, No. 41
22 Av 5781
July 31, 2021
Sponsored by
Faith Ginsburg, on the yahrzeits of
her uncle Benjamin Lavin
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Robbing the Poor
You began to show Your servant Your greatness and Your strong hand. What power is there…that can perform according to Your deeds. Let me now ...read more
The Soul Purpose
Health is always a relevant topic, but recently it has been the overarching topic on the minds of practically all of humanity. That, we’ve ...read more
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Chapter 2, Law 7(a) – Torah through Laughter
One should not be a person of levity and mockery ('s'chok v'hatail'), nor sad and somber, but cheerful ('samai'ach'). So too did the Sages say, ...read more
Chapter 1, Mishna 13(a): The Challenge of Life – Part I
[Hillel] used to say, one who seeks a name loses his name, one who does not increase [his knowledge] decreases it (or: will perish), one who does read more
Chapter 2, Law 6 – Smooth Talk and Self-Deception
It is forbidden for a person to accustom himself to speaking words of 'smoothness' and deception. And a person should not be of different mind ...read more
Chapter 1, Mishna 12: Aaron vs. Moses
Hillel and Shammai received the transmission from them [the previous generation of scholars, of Mishna 10]. Hillel said: Be of the students of ...read more
Chapter 2, Law 5 – The Torah Speaks for Itself
"A fence for wisdom is silence" (Pirkei Avos 3:17). Therefore, one should not hurry to respond and not speak excessively. One should teach his ...read more
Chapter 1, Mishna 11: Judaism vs. Western Civilization
Avtalyon said: Sages, be careful with your words lest you deserve to be exiled and are exiled to a place of bad waters. The students who come ...read more
Bloody Hands
"When you spread out your hands I will hide My eyes from you, even when you say your prayers I will not hear, for your hands are full of blood" ...read more
Concealed Falsehood
"Anochi (It is I), Esav your firstborn." (Bereshith 27:19)
Yaakov is the symbol of truth, as the verse testifies, "Give truth to Yaakov." 1 ...read more
Copying One’s Own CD for Safekeeping
QUESTION 82: COPYING ONE'S OWN CD FOR SAFEKEEPING
Can I make a copy of my own CD or tape, and put it away, in case it breaks or gets ...read more
The Eternal Jewish Bride: A Survey of Jewish Marriage Customs
Edited by Elizabeth Fried
In Hebrew, the word for man - "ish" - and the word for woman - "isha" - are each written with three letters. Two of ...read more
