Parashat Va'etchanan
The discipline of knowing
The first territory a Jew must defend in a crisis is his own consciousness.
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Haftarat Shabbat Nachamu:
Comforting God
The word nachamu appears twice because there are two distinct parties in need of comfort.
Parashat Va'etchanan:
It’s not a coincidence
This is the time to study - not just read, but to study in depth - the messages of the 9th of Av, of Parashat Va'etchanan, and of Haftarat Nachamu. Though we were exiled, scattered to the four winds, beaten, persecuted, slaughtered in our millions - we are still here to tell of our history - and we came back home.
Dvar Haftorah for Shabbat Nachamu:
The illusion of human power
Great powers compete for influence, and commentators confidently predict how history will unfold. But the Jewish people have heard such predictions before.
Parashat Va'etchanan:
The appropriate orientation to Torah observance
Both adding to and subtracting from the Mitzvot fall into the same category of effectuating alterations in the Divine system of commandments.
Parashat Va'etchanan:
'This is your wisdom in the eyes of the nations'
Abarbanel: The nations, on seeing that the ordnances are just and wise, will deem that so too are the decrees, though the reason for them may have been ‘lost’ to them.’ Commentaries weigh in on Jewish 'wisdom.'
Parashat Vaetchanan:
Let your child go
Moses finally realized that the best thing for him was to let go.
Parashat Va’etchanan:
The Jewish dual responsibility
Why all the repetition?
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