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This part three of the laws of idolatry from Rambam’s Mishneh Torah. The Mishneh Torah (Hebrew: מִשְׁנֵה תּוֹרָה‎‎, “Repetition of the Torah”), subtitled Sefer Yad ha-Hazaka (ספר יד החזקה “Book of the Strong Hand”),...

The opening words of the haftarah from Hosea, “Shuvah Yisrael—Return, O Israel, to the Lord your G-d, for you have fallen because of your sin” (14:2). “To the Lord” is understood as meaning to...

The Consequences of the Covenant | Parashat HaAzinu We learn in HaAtzinu that we cannot escape from G-d and His Covenant, with its privileges, responsibilities and its terrible sanctions. The stark severity of the message...

By Yonah Bar Maoz “The Temple, Idolatry, and Exile | “The Place The Lord will Choose“. Parashat Va-Yelekh mentions for the last time the demand to come to the Lord’s Sanctuary. This location is defined...

Parshas NITZAVIM is always read on the last Shabbos before Rosh HaShanah (New Year) and is often (though not always) coupled with its sister parshah of VAYELECH, with which it shares the same theme....

The story of Moses’ death in this week’s reading has received extensive literary treatment from Tannaitic times through the Middle Ages, in a wide variety of Jewish works.The narrative told in the Bible reveals...

Rabbi Yaakov Cohen brings down a beautiful lecture on connecting to HaShem at Rosh Hashanah. Nitzavim, Nitsavim, Nitzabim, Netzavim, or Nesabim (נִצָּבִים‎ — Hebrew for “ones standing,” the second word, and the first distinctive...

Discover how today is the only day that counts in your connection with G-D. Today is the taste of eternity in the world of physicality. Ki Savo (כִּי-תָבוֹא — Hebrew for “when you enter,” the second and third...

“Knowing” figures repeatedly in Deuteronomy as the basis for Moses’ demand of the Israelites that they have faith in the Lord Who took them out of Egypt. This knowing goes beyond merely acknowledging intellectually;...

In Ki Tavo part two we will find that the commandments contained in our present parshah, KI TAVO, relate to the longed-for, glorious future: “And it shall be when you come to the...