covenant

Nitzavim-VaYeilech:

The Covenant of guarantee-ship

Since Hashem already entered into a covenant with them at Har Sinai, what need was there to enter into a further covenant with them, here?

Parashat Balak:

'From There': On loneliness, covenant, and creativity

Balaam gazed upon Israel and uttered words that would echo across centuries of Jewish history:“People that shall dwell alone and will not be reckoned among the nations." He was describing not merely a geopolitical reality but an existential condition.

Can America keep the Covenant?

As America nears its 250th anniversary, the question is not whether the nation deserves applause for what it has achieved. It does. The question is whether Americans still understand and believe in what made those achievements possible. Review.

Behar-Bechukotai:

The eternal nation

Am Yisrael is the eternal nation, and the covenant which the Holy One Blessed be He made with us is an eternal and unbreakable covenant.

How to create national solidarity?

It is historically obvious that a national solidarity based on compromising fundamental truths in order to create a broad, but shallow and weak 'middle of the road' was not the type of solidarity that has sustained us in our existential struggle. There is another basis for that solidarity. Opinion.