115 Lessons
Parashat Hashavua The Various Meanings of Merei’im
Shabbat Parashat Nitzavim Vayeilech 5783
Shabbat Parashat Nitzavim Vayeilech 5783
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?
Parashat Hashavua On the Book, the Sword, and “Bots”
In the middle parashiyot of Sefer Devarim, telling of the time soon before entering Eretz Yisrael, the topic of war comes to the fore. We will look at one case in our history in which the “sword” was connected to the “book” in an interesting way. There are many elements to waging war. In the battlefield, people use weapons to kill or incapacitate. Today, technology is employed against the enemy, whether operated in the battlefield from afar or by infiltrating their important systems. Psychological warfare is a modern and ancient tool. Last week, we read the Torah’s instructions to soldiers not to be afraid of an intimidating army (Devarim 20:1-3).
Parashat Hashavua Which Is the Greater Value – Religiosity or Unity?
Our parasha focuses on the “place that Hashem will choose” (see Devarim 12:5-11). From the time these Torah passages were given, it took a long time until the place was identified. Only in the time of King David, more than 400 years after the Exodus from Egypt, was the secret revealed that the place was Jerusalem.