Monthly Archives: August 2011

SLAVERY AND DEBT CEILINGS

  Do you like variety in your learning? You get plenty of it in the Sedrah called “R’eyh” — in Deuteronomy chapters 11 thru 16. Here we find subjects like sacrificial worship, idolatry in the family or in a whole … Continue reading

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HEEL AND TOE

EYKEV   The third Torah reading in the book of Deuteronomy is called EYKEV — meaning a result. As a result of listening to the commandments and following them, we can expect to accomplish good things in our lives. If … Continue reading

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WHO IS A GREAT NATION?

Once on an airplane I was sitting next to a man from Belgium, and we did our best to converse despite some linguistic problems. Looking at my yarmulke, he determined that I was Jewish, and then he declared: “The Jews … Continue reading

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CHECK YOUR CALENDAR

Want to know the date of Rosh Hashanah? Check your calendar. You know, the Jewish calendar. If you use one from your local synagogue, or from Bnai Brith, or like the one I have from Jewish War Veterans, it shows … Continue reading

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