68 Lessons
Ki Tavo Gifts to the Poor
I live in chutz la’aretz. Am I required to leave peah in my backyard vegetable patch? Is there a requirement to leave leket, shich’cha and peah in your field today? The attached article will help you answer the attached questions.
Parashat Hashavua Parashat Hashavua: Publicizing those who Perform Mitzvot
Such an explicit declaration of apparent self-congratulation requires explanation, as it appears to be going on a limb and being boastful. Can/should a person really announce that he did everything he was supposed to?
Ki Tavo Gratitude for the Land of Israel
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...
Ki Tavo It Can’t Be?! It is Happening!
Our Haftarah speaks in glowing terms (literally) about the coming of Mashiach
Ki Tavo Charles III -The Last Circumcised King?
'Hitler said, "Conscience is a Jewish invention. Like circumcision it mutilates man..." What is the connection between conscience and circumcision?'
Ki Tavo A Nation of Storytellers
The great questions - “Who are we?” “Why are we here?” “What is our task?” – are best answered by telling a story. A large part of what Moses is doing in the book of Devarim is retelling that story to the next generation.
Ki Tavo The Art of Listening
Every Jewish holiday has a representative color. Each Yom Tov also connects to one of the senses. What sense connects to Rosh Hashana?
Ki Tavo You Will Conquer
The opening words of this week's Torah reading have been repeated often throughout the entire discourse by Moshe with the Jewish people, which constitutes the bulk of this book of Devarim.
Ki Tavo The Right Order: Home, Vineyard, or Wife?
The list of those who return from the battlelines is found in Parashat Shoftim, and the same people come up in Parashat Ki Tavo. The differences between the cases are clear. The order of the people is different.
