September 17, 2021 | 11 Tishrei, 5782 | Torah Portion: Ha'Azinu, Deuteronomy 32:1-32:52 | Haftorah: Samuel II 22:1-51
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Ha’azinu
12 Tishrei 5782
September 18, 2021
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Yom Kippur: Teshuva and the Justice System
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Teshuva and the Justice System
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A Covenant with Nature
These last chapters of the Torah, culminating in this week's reading, are all a very serious and have an almost fearsome quality and tone. Heaven read more
Friends, Countrymen, Lend Me Your Hearts
May my teaching drop like the rain…like storm winds upon vegetation, and like raindrops upon blades of grass.[2]
Vegetation and grass? Would it ...read more
“The Secrets of Change”
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IT’S ALWAYS HARD to believe that we have arrived at this point, two parshios away from completing another cycle of Torah reading. read more
To Choose Life
This day, I call upon the heaven and the earth as witnesses [that I have warned] you: I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the ...read more
Haftorah Commentary – Vayeilech
Hoshea 14: 2 - 10; Yoel 2: 11-27; Micha 7: 18-20
This week's haftorah quite appropriately focuses on teshuvah - repentance.In the previous ...read more
Prayer’s Two Legs
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5 Tishrei 5782
September 11, 2021
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Chapter 3, Law 3 – In All Your Ways Know Him
One who accustoms himself to live in a healthy manner (namely, who engages in physical activities only to the degree which is medically ...read more
Chapter 1, Mishna 17: Expressions of the Soul
Shimon his son [the son of Rabban Gamliel of the previous mishna] said: All my life I have been raised among the Sages, and I have not found ...read more
Lying Down On The Job
[Yaakov] said, "But it's still the middle of the day; this is not the time to gather in the livestock. Why not water the sheep and go on grazing ...read more
The Story of Chana: Prayer with a Purpose
Chana's is the story of one woman's prayer. That a woman should be recognized as a role model for prayer is interesting given that, in terms of ...read more
Of Prisons and Fires
According to the Zohar, Birkas Kohanim is meant to be recited each time with the same joy that Aharon felt on the final day of the inauguration ...read more
Studying Using Old Tests
You know that a certain teacher reuses his tests from previous years. Can you study using tests from prior years, knowing that one of them will ...read more
Chapter 3, Law 2 – Playing with Fire
A person must direct all his actions towards 'knowing G-d' alone. His sitting, standing, and speech should all be directed to this. How? When he ...read more
Chapter 1, Mishna 16: What Are Rabbis For?
The original version of this class was written in April 1999, shortly after the passing of Lifsha bas Mordechai HaCohen, Lucy Rosenfeld, my ...read more
Chapter 3, Law 1 – Man as Body and Soul
Perhaps a person will say, 'Since lust, honor and the like are a bad path which remove a person from the world, I will separate from them ...read more
Chapter 1, Mishna 15(c): Fast-Food Judaism
Shammai said, make your Torah study fixed, say little and do much, and receive everyone with a cheerful countenance.
Thus far we have studied ...read more
