On Difficult Relations

Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh (painting by Benjamin West)

Rabbi Yishai Ron analyses our parashat hashvua “VaEra” in the connection of relationship management and the separation process of the People of Israel from the Egyptian Continue reading

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The Lying Connection

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Rabbi Mira Raz explains what is the connection of lie in Parashat Chukat. Continue reading

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A Matter of the heart

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Rabbi Barry Leff claims that the openness of the wilderness is not something that is limited to abstract intellectual ideas. It is also a matter of the heart. Continue reading

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Rewards and Punishments

cc: wikipedia Israelites Carried Captive (illustration from the 1890 Holman Bible)

This week Rabbi Arik Ascherman have many more questions than answers. Parashat BeKhukotai closes out the book of Leviticus. It contains a list of the good things that will befall us if we obey God’s commandments, and the punishments that will come about if we are not faithful. Rabbi Acherman finds various disturbing and difficult questions that arise from this portion. Continue reading

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Remember Shmita

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Our state is 63 years old. Nico Socolovsky asks us not to lose hope of being a free, just and a civilized people. Continue reading

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