Devarim: The Book that Moses wrote
Israel's first Chief Rabbi: What happened to the broken tablets?
Israel's first Chief Rabbi: What happened to the broken tablets?
What did Moses say that caused our ancestors to change their minds?
Moshe received the Torah at Sinai forty years prior to his speech.Why does he share his words only now?
We invariably begin to read the final Book of the Torah, Deuteronomy, on the Shabbat which immediately precedes the fast of the ninth of Av.
Slaves respond to a stick, free people need inspiration.
What gave Moses the strength to go on after losing his brother, sister and the chance to enter the Promised Land in such a short period?
“Moses and the Children of Israel Will Sing...”
Read what Rabbi Moshe Feinstein says about comparing the greatness of Moshe and Aharon.
Why did Moses doubt God’s plan? How could the “master of all prophets” so gravely misjudge his own people?
The psychological burning bush.
How was it possible to refuse Hashem for even a moment, let alone seven days and nights?
G-d told Moshe: “This” – your inadequacy and self-doubt – will be a sign to the Jews that I have sent you.
A satellite image of the Sinai seems to show a profile in stone - and Google Map measurement leads to an amazing conclusion..
We disappointed Hashem from the Exodus until today, not living up to expectations, but we have also proven that we want to be bonded to Him.
Moshe communicates a message to the generation in the desert and about to enter an unknown land, and he resonates on for eternity.
There are levels of dedication to Am Yisrael that only Moshe reached. His hitting the rock, say these commentators, is an example.
38 years passed between last week's Parsha and this one. Not only did the whole nation die, all three of its leaders pass away.:
Maimonides sets out a surprisingly contemporary account of Judaism as a training in emotional intelligence. Moses' anger as an example.
The silence of the elders of Israel widened the breach in the people’s trust in Moses and Aaron, leading to the sin of the Spies.
What is the real meaning of humility? Is it self-deprecation or something very different?
Moses received the Torah from Sinai, and gave it to Joshua, and Joshua to the elders, and the elders to the prophets.
It is said that war is a great leveller: on the battlefield, rich and poor are equally killed. For Jews, it is serving G-d and prayer.
"And the people left from Moses' presence" - what does this intend to tell us?
Moses neither ate nor drank for 40 days and nights. That seems a stretch. Can man overcome physical needs?
Paralleling our national birth and rebirth is the birth and rebirth of Moses.
The Beit Halevi, the Yismach Moshe, the Dubner Maggid and Rav Moishe Mendel of Vilan grapple with the reason G-d hardened Pharaoh's heart.
Did Moshe know Pharaoh from his childhood?
This statement is not meant to lower our esteem for Moses, but to raise hopes for ourselves.
In the Torah portion of Vaeira - Moses notifies Pharaoh that the Jewish people need to leave Egypt for 3 days to serve God.
Hashem laments the departure of the Avot, rebuking Moshe for his words.
The Name told to Moses to describe Hashem is cryptic, implies the unknown, the Unknowable and the Eternal, God's Name of the future.
In every generation, the holy Shechinah (Divine Presence) seeks out individuals who are like Moshe Rabbeinu,,
All the brothers in the book of Breishit vied with one another. What about Aaron and Moshe?
Who should our children learn about first, Moses or Shakespeare, the bible or art, Talmud or science?
Young religious Zionist Torah scholars write weekly on Eretz Yisrael: Why Moshe wanted to cross the Jordan when the east bank was also ours.
A very current message about climate change can be derived from the actions of Moshe Rabbeinu.
Some say that the loss of a sibling is harder to bear than the loss of a parent - Moses has to deal with that bereavement in this parasha.
What was wrong with Korach and his fellow agitators? He wanted power. HIs followers each had their reasons to feel resentful toward Moses.
The good news is: there once was a Moses. Because of him, the people survived. The bad news is: what happens when there is no Moses?
There are heights you cannot climb without first having fallen. Moses shows us the need to try and try again.