The Book of the Covenant

The Spirituality of Song

To Renew Our Days

Nitzavim-Vayelech

Ki Tavo We Are What We Remember

The Limits of Love

The Greatness of Humility

The Deep Power of Joy

The Spirituality of Listening

The Power of Why

Why Are There So Many Jewish Lawyers?

At the beginning of the book of Devarim, Moses reviews the history of the Israelites’ experience in the wilderness, starting with the appointment of leaders throughout the people, heads of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

Why Judaism?

The Pursuit of Joy

To the Third and Fourth Generations

Environmental Responsibility

The Second Tithe and Strong Societies

Staying Young

Somehow Moses defied the law of entropy that states that all systems lose energy over time. Why was his energy unabated? Because his eyes were undimmed.

A Leader’s Call to Responsibility

When words take wing, they modulate into song. That is what they do here in Ha’azinu as Moses, with the Angel of Death already in sight, prepares to take leave of this life.

Consensus vs. Command?

What do you say to your successor? What advice do you give him or her? Vayelech is the place to look for the answer, because it is here that Moses finally handed the reins over to Joshua.

Defeating Death

Only now, reaching Nitzavim, can we begin to get a sense of the vast, world-changing project at the heart of the Divine-human encounter that took place in the lifetime of Moses and the birth of Jews/ Israel as a nation.

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.