October 5, 2024 | 3 Tishrei, 5785 - Shabbos Shuvah | Torah Portion: Ha'Azinu, Deuteronomy 32:1-32:52 | Haftorah: Shabbos Shuvah: Hosea 14:2-10 Micah 7:18-20
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This week we read the parsha of Ha'azinu, quickly followed by the holiday of Sukkos which begins on Monday.
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Aryeh was having a difficult morning. The smoke detector went off in his home just after he woke up. He ran outside with his whole ...read more
Open Door Policy
They are among the most stirring words in the Torah. In vermilion verse, Moses calls upon heaven and earth to bear witness to the poetic image ...read more
Non-Trivial Pursuit
The song of Ha'azinu encompasses a panoramic view of Jewish history. It tells of the past, present, and future of Klal Yisrael. However, Moshe ...read more
It’s All Real
When I call out the Name of Hashem, ascribe greatness to our G-d.[1]
Our pasuk is the gemara’s[2] source for birchos haTorah – reciting ...read more
Heart of the Kingdom
IT ALMOST FEELS like time travel. Next week will be hectic and probably tiring, so I am getting a head start on the next issue of Perceptions. I ...read more
Torah Is for Everyone
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Volume 38, No. 51
3 Tishrei 5785
October 5, 2024
Sponsored by Aaron & Rona Lerner in memory of his mother Fay Lerner (Faiga Reva ...read more
It’s Not Just Tradition
Now, write this song for yourselves and teach it to the Bnei Yisrael.[1]
Halachically, this pasuk commands each of us to write a sefer Torah. ...read more
An Enigmatic Medrash Explained
This dvar Torah was adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand's Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1393 - The ...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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Rabbi Meir (Mai-eer) said: Anyone who engages in Torah study for its own sake ('lishma') merits many things. Not only that, but the entire world ...read more
Chapter 9, Law 1(c) – Physical and Spiritual Rewards
[NOTE: The first part of this law, as translated in the past class, posed the question why the Torah promises us reward and punishment in this ...read more
