In Devarim 22:13-21, we find two related circumstances that are both very disturbing from a contemporary vantage point.
The first concerns a man who marries a woman and then claims she was not a …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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8/30/17
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T wo things dominated the news last week: Charlottesville, and the solar eclipse that crossed the United States, with the umbra spanning 16 states. Each of these stories delivered a different …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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8/23/17
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Is it possible to be truly impartial in life? Consider this story from Rabbi Abraham Twerski, told to him as a boy by his father (published in Rabbi Twerski’s “Generation to …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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8/23/17
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The Torah employs the phrase, “Ki tetze l’milchamah al oivecha” (“When you go forth to war against your enemy”) two times in Devarim. The first instance appears in our …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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8/23/17
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In broad term terms, our parasha, Re’eh, divides meat for consumption into two distinct categories — b’sar korban (sacrificial meat) and b’sar ta’aveh (chulin, or …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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8/17/17
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I am sure I am not alone in my disgust when seeing an article or video about an event on the other side of the world in which (most often a woman) is put to death through stoning, or some other …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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8/17/17
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None of us remembers exactly what it was we were supposed to have done, and what it was that had so enraged them, but our sergeants were on the warpath and it was clearly …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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8/17/17
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Our parasha, Eikev, contains a phrase that is familiar to many, since it is found in the first blessing (Birkat Avot) of the Shmoneh Esreh: “G-d your L-rd is the ultimate Supreme Being and the …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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8/9/17
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Here’s a good Torah trivia question: How do we know there was a river flowing down Mt. Sinai? Because it says so in the Torah (Devarim 9:21).
In the context of describing the events …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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8/9/17
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The phrase, “And you shall love the L-rd, your G-d,” appears twice in the Torah — the first instance is in our parsha, Vaetchanan (6:5), and the second is found in Eikev (11:1). …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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8/2/17
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