Category Archives: Torah

SLAVERY AND DEBT CEILINGS

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Baruch

  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

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Baruch

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?

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Baruch

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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UNITY AND DISTANCE

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Baruch

MATTOS One summer a sh’liakh — a representative — from Israel was visiting a California camp, and talking with the teenagers there. He told them that they were the people Israel wants. “I don’t expect your parents to leave their … Continue reading →

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