As an epilogue to this wonderful series, the Maggid of Melbourne shares the experience of Viduy Maaser – from the Pardes Beit Midrash to Zur Hadassa – a modest, but burgeoning community, nestled in the hills outside Jerusalem – and … Read the rest

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Levi Cooper tracks the mysterious late nineteenth century attempt to encourage Zionist farmers in the Land of Israel not to neglect the Viduy Maaser ritual … Part seven of this electrifying series!

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Fast forwarding to the twentieth century, our very own Levi Cooper considers Rav Kook’s reading of the triennial Viduy Maaser where we declare how great we are … Part six of this captivating series!

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Heading back to the Middle Ages, the evergreen Maggid of Melbourne reads Sefer HaHinukh’s take on the Viduy Maaser declaration, pondering its applicability to contemporary challenges of electronic communication … Part five of this spellbinding series!

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The Maggid of Melbourne shares what might very well be the most creative reading of Deuteronomy 26:13: the explanation of the Italian commentator Seforno … Part four in this stirring series!

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Citing the Holy Alsheikh’s Biblical commentary, Levi Cooper explores another way to understand Viduy Maaser – the declarative confession that we have properly distributed all our tithes … Part three of this riveting series!

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Levi Cooper looks to the words of the Sages in the Midrash in order to understand the Viduy Maaser confession: Even as we fastidiously keep the commandments, there may be something that we should be ashamed of … Part two … Read the rest

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In this first installation in a new mini-series, the Maggid of Melbourne introduces two mitzvot that are performed twice every seven years: Biyur Maasrot – ensuring that all tithes have been distributed (Deuteronomy 14:28-29), and Viduy Maaser – the celebratory … Read the rest

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Our very own Levi Cooper ponders the recent Beresheet space mission to the moon – an exciting moment for Israel, that sadly did not deliver all that it promised. Levi focuses on the decision to try again, recalling the notion … Read the rest

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The Talmud prohibits walking upright in a haughty manner (Bavli, Kiddushin 31a), so how should we understand the biblical promise to walk in such a manner (Leviticus 26:13)?… Read the rest

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