Month: September 2020
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Parshas Nitzavim-Vayelech: When You Start Walking, God Helps You Cross The Finish Line
I wanted to make a correction to last Friday’s Periscope where I talked about the weekly Torah portion, Nitzavim-Vayeilech (Deuteronomy 29:9 – 31:30; Isaiah 61:10 – 63:9). If you recall, I was looking in the text for where God tells the Jewish people that they’re going to sin in the future, and will repent; was…
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Parshas Ki Tavo: Put God First
On September 5, 2020, the Sabbath Torah reading was Parsha (Torah portion) was Ki Tavo, Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8. Moshe tells the Jewish people that when they enter the Land of Israel, they should give God the first-ripened fruits. And this is one of those ideas, commandments passages, that’s always been very kind of remote to me,…