Our guest this week is Rabbi Alan Freedman, leader of Temple Beth Shalom in Austin, Texas. Rabbi Freedman was ordained by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati and holds ...
Our special guest today is Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, co-founder, rosh yeshiva and executive director of Mechon Hadar. A graduate of Harvard College, Rabbi Kaunfer was ordained at the Jewish Theological ...
Parashat Devarim begins with Moses reprimanding the Jewish People as he recalls the numerous places in the desert where they rebelled against God. As they enter the land of Israel, the Jewish People ...
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God was not pleased with the people’s request to send spies to the land of Canaan, yet He consented to it. What can we learn from this? The Book of Devarim (Deuteronomy), the fifth of the five books ...
From the Parsha of Devarim we have wonderful words of encouragement for the Jewish people right now. Moshe declared ‘Hashem elohei avotechem yosef aleichem kachem elef pe’amim’. May the Lord, the God ...
Parashat Devarim initiates the fifth Book of the Torah, which shares its name. This final section of the Torah is unique. In the other four books, Moshe acted as a scribe, simply recording with ...