Shalom chaverim v’talmidim b’Yeshua. In this “Daily Dvar” broadcast, based on parashat Re’eh, I discuss our responsibility to discern the spiritual significance hidden within our everyday choices and therefore to choose life. ­ I hope you find it helpful… ­   Deut. 30:19 Hebrew page (pdf)­ ­   ­Podcast here:   ­ For more information […]

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Shalom chaverim v’talmidim. Our Torah portion this week, called parashat Re’eh (“see!”), begins with the imperative statement: “See (רְאֵה), I give before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing (הַבְּרָכָה), if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today, and the curse (הַקְּלָלָה), if you turn aside […]

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In our Torah reading for this week (i.e., parashat Eikev), Moses continues his farewell address to Israel by saying, “And because (עֵקֶב) you listen to these rules and keep and do them, the LORD your God will keep with you the covenant and the love that he swore to your fathers” (Deut. 7:12). Note that […]

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Shalom chaverim.  In this “Daily Perush” audio I provide an exegesis and reading of a significant phrase in King Solomon’s great prayer at the dedication of the First Temple, namely, “Behold heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain you” (2 Chron. 6:18), and I then go on to reflect a bit on the meaning […]

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Our Torah portion for this week (Vaetchanan) includes some of the most foundational texts of the Jewish Scriptures, including the Ten Commandments, the Shema (the duty to love God and study His Torah), and the commandments of tefillin and mezuzot. In addition, in this portion Moses predicts the worldwide exile and the eventual redemption of […]

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Our Torah portion this week (Vaetchanan) says: “But you who have cleaved to the LORD your God are all alive today” (Deut. 4:4). The Hebrew word devakut (דְּבָקוּת) means “cleaving” and refers to communion with God. This word comes from the root word davak (דָּבַק), meaning to “cling” or “stick” (the Modern Hebrew word for […]

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Our Torah reading for this week (i.e., parashat Devarim) is the very first portion from the Book of Deuteronomy (i.e., Sefer Devarim: ספר דברים), which is always read on the Sabbath that immediately precedes the somber holiday of Tishah B’Av (תשעה באב). In Jewish tradition, this special Sabbath is called “Shabbat Chazon” (שַׁבַּת חַזוֹן), “the […]

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This week we read a “double portion” of Torah to conclude Sefer Bamidbar, or “the Book of Numbers.” Our first Torah portion, parashat Mattot (מַטּוֹת, “tribes”), begins with the LORD giving laws regarding the making of vows (nedarim). After this, the Israelites were commanded to wage war against the Midianites for seducing the people to […]

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­ “Joy is at the end of it, after all. Astonishment and joy are what our faith finally points to, and even Paul … after he had come through his years of suffering, and at the end, licking his wounds in a Roman lock-up wrote: “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice” […]

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Shalom friends. Our Torah reading this week honors Aaron’s grandson Pinchas (“Phinehas”), who, during the tragic rebellion at Baal Peor, zealously removed evil from Israel by driving a spear through a tribal prince who was brazenly cavorting with a Midianite princess in defiance of God’s law. On account of Pinchas’ zeal for the truth of […]

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