67 Lessons
For Love of the Holy Tongue
Rabbi Moshe Erenreich | 14 Shvat 5784
Do Not Fear Them!
Rabbi Moshe Tzuriel | Av 17 5783
The Spirituality of Listening
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Meant To Be
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Av 5783
What to Do with Great Successes – More on Spirituality and Materialism
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Av 5783
What Were the Differences Between the 1st & 2nd Luchot?
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Av 21 5782
Choose It or Lose It!
If you were given one, last opportunity before you died to speak to your family, your friends or your community, what legacy, what lasting message would you impart to them?
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Av 21 5782
The Mitzvah of Learning Hebrew
"...In his commentary on the Mishna, Maimonides attributes equal weight to the study of Hebrew and to the joy we must feel on the Festivals - and even to the mitzvah of circumcision..."
Rabbi Moshe Erenreich | Av 22 5782
Cry Me a River
Our Sedra is famously known as "Parshat Eretz Yisrael." While virtually every Sedra in the Torah stresses the centrality of Israel, Ekev makes it crystal clear that G-d, Torah & Eretz Yisrael form the 3-legged stool upon which the Jewish People eternally rests.
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Av 21 5781
What Is the Deeper Significance of the "7 Species"?
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Av 21 5781
How much must I Bensch?
I mistakenly recited al hamichyah, when I was required to bensch. Am I now required to bensch?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Av 19 5781
To Lead is to Listen
“If only you would listen to these laws …” (Deut. 7:12). These words with which our Parsha begins contain a verb that is a fundamental motif of the book of Devarim. In fact, this verb appears no less than 92 times in Devarim as a whole.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Av 19 5781
Formula for Jewish Life
In this week's portion, the Torah indicates that there is a simple formula for Jewish life. If we follow the commandments of God and observe the laws of the Torah, the Jewish people will be showered with blessings.
Rabbi Berel Wein | Av 19 5781
The Right Time for Calculations
based on Siach Shaul p. 496-497
Moshe asked: "What does Hashem ask from you but to fear Him?" The Gemara points out that unlike for most people, this was a trivial task for Moshe. Actually, the purpose of the giving of the Torah is fear of Hashem.
Rabbi Shaul Yisraeli zt"l | Av 18 5781
What is the Significance of the "Sheva Minim" - the 7 Species?
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Av 19 5780
Heels and Ordeals
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Av 17 5780
Is the Diaspora Just For Practice?
Israel National Torah
A look at commentaries on the second paragraph of the Shema found in this week's Torah reading Ekev to discover that Mitzvot (commandments) mean more when they are performed in the Land of Israel.
Baruch Gordon | Av 16 5780
Who Should We Console and Care for?
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Av 13 5780
Ekev
Rabbi Berel Wein | Av 12 5780