Dvarim

Chazal set a role for all of the special days. We should clarify to what extent the days fulfill their roles, including their special place within the year.

This week's Torah portion of Ki Tavo begins with the words of appreciation that one must say when he brings his First Fruits to the Holy Temple: "I say today that I have come to the Land that G-d vowed to our Forefathers to give to us…" (D'varim 26,3). Rashi explains that the purpose of this statement is to show that we are not ungrateful. Ungrateful for what? The Maharal of Prague, in his commentary on Rashi entitled Gur Aryeh, explains...

Our Haftarah speaks in glowing terms (literally) about the coming of Mashiach

'Hitler said, "Conscience is a Jewish invention. Like circumcision it mutilates man..." What is the connection between conscience and circumcision?'

What can we conclude from the flight of the Arabs from Safed in 1948?