Entering the Land with Prophetic Guidance

Uprooting Idolatry and Outreach (Kiruv)

Which Is the Greater Value – Religiosity or Unity?

Our parasha focuses on the “place that Hashem will choose” (see Devarim 12:5-11). From the time these Torah passages were given, it took a long time until the place was identified. Only in the time of King David, more than 400 years after the Exodus from Egypt, was the secret revealed that the place was Jerusalem.

The Eyes Have It

Does Hashem really need a grammar lesson in Dikduk - grammar?!

The Deep Power of Joy

Stop Working Just for the Pay!

Once when I was serving reserve duty (miluim) in the IDF, I was sitting in the synagogue tent learning some Torah, when I happened to overhear some tidbits of conversation between two of my buddies. One of them was Torah-observant, the other one not yet. Out of the corner of my ear I heard the latter ask, "Tell me, how do you live with the fact that I can enjoy the world to the hilt, while you're saddled with all those Torah restrictions?" The religious one gave him a quick, short answer: "You enjoy This World, while I'll enjoy the World to Come!" Cringe.

What the world needs now!

Eating foods that mimic or taste like treif food?

The Apprentice

In the ancient world, when grieving for a dead person, idol worshippers would make a bald spot in their hair between the eyes. The Torah explicity forbids this practice in Parshat Re'eh. Why?

The Second Tithe and Strong Societies

To what extent are we supposed to pray for our needs?

On Tefilla – part III

We will continue to delve into the matter of tefilla as it is practiced within a community of believers in Hashem. In that framework, let us ask: To what extent are we supposed to pray for our needs and to what extent are we to make practical efforts toward them? Also, where does belief in Hashem's providence fit in?

What Is A "Prozbul?"

The "Eyes" Have It

An oft-asked question is why the first pasuk in our Sedra of Re'eh seems to have a grammatical mistake: The word Re'eh ("see") is singular, while the complimentary word lifneychem ("before you") is plural! It ought to read either, R'u lifnechem, or Re'eh l'fanecha! What gives?

Hunting for Meat

Parshas Re’eih includes the commandment that instructs us how to prepare our meat for our table.

Defining Reality

One of the gifts of great leaders, and one from which each of us can learn, is that they frame reality for the group. That is one of their most magisterial roles, and no one did it more powerfully than did Moses in the book of Deuteronomy.

Choices

The Torah presents us with the most basic choice that we can make – the stark choice between eternal life and death itself. Surprisingly e are witness to the fact that many times human beings make choices that are anti-life.

Insights on Dealing with Societal Crisis

The Coronavirus pandemic is certainly a health issue; it is important to avoid contracting or transmitting it, which are Torah obligations. But the period has been challenging for us in two other ways. The Financial crisis and the social crisis.

Does Corruption Taint Israel’s Holiness?

Israel National Torah

An explanation of why the "logical" conclusion that one should avoid living in the Land of Israel when the state of religious observance there is lacking...is not so logical after all.

It's the Content - Not the Concrete

The Good Society