parshat Re'e

We will continue to delve into the matter of tefilla as it is practiced within a community of believers in Hashem. In that framework, let us ask: To what extent are we supposed to pray for our needs and to what extent are we to make practical efforts toward them? Also, where does belief in Hashem's providence fit in?

An oft-asked question is why the first pasuk in our Sedra of Re'eh seems to have a grammatical mistake: The word Re'eh ("see") is singular, while the complimentary word lifneychem ("before you") is plural! It ought to read either, R'u lifnechem, or Re'eh l'fanecha! What gives?

Parshas Re’eih includes the commandment that instructs us how to prepare our meat for our table.

One of the gifts of great leaders, and one from which each of us can learn, is that they frame reality for the group. That is one of their most magisterial roles, and no one did it more powerfully than did Moses in the book of Deuteronomy.

The Torah presents us with the most basic choice that we can make – the stark choice between eternal life and death itself. Surprisingly e are witness to the fact that many times human beings make choices that are anti-life.

The Coronavirus pandemic is certainly a health issue; it is important to avoid contracting or transmitting it, which are Torah obligations. But the period has been challenging for us in two other ways. The Financial crisis and the social crisis.

An explanation of why the "logical" conclusion that one should avoid living in the Land of Israel when the state of religious observance there is lacking...is not so logical after all.

A short video connecting the Parasha to the land of Israel.