According to the biblical book named after him, Joshua was the personally appointed successor to Moses (Deuteronomy 31:1–8; 34:9) and a charismatic warrior who led Israel in the conquest of Canaan after the Exodus...
Rosh Hashanah, literally meaning “head of the year”, is the Jewish New Year. The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah, literally “day of shouting or blasting”. It is the first of the...
In no ordinary manner did the Jewish people cross the Jordan in order to storm the first bastion of the Land of Canaan. They were to pass over the waters of the Jordan as...
Isaiah’s prophecy of hope | HafTorah Ki Tavo This weeks portion Ki Tavo wraps up with a warning to the Jewish people not to forsake covenant responsibilities. The are a list if curses that...
In this week’s reading Moses repeats the covenant, including the blessings and curses (Deut. 28:1-69) presented in Leviticus (26:3-46), but with certain changes in form and content. For example, only in this week’s reading...
Details of the events surrounding Joshua’s selection of the two spies. Our tradition teaches that these two spies were none other that Caleb and Pinchas.
By Rabbi Abraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: KI TAVO, Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8. Haftara: Isaiah 60:1-22. Our parshah, KI TAVO, puts the seal on Moses’ detailed exposition of the commandments in the Mishneh Torah (=Deuteronomy) — the...
The lecture is from Pirkei Avot chapter 4 Verse 24-17. We will learn that the power of Torah and Mitzvot can bring great merit even for the worst sinner.
The Torah tells us no less than twelve times not to oppress the widow and the orphan. The Sefer HaChinuch connects it to the previous mitzvah, not to oppress the convert and gives a...
We have found considerable lack of clarity in describing the functions of the king. It may very well be that the Torah was intentionally unclear on the subject and avoided detailed explanations so as...
The book can be divided into three sections: the conquest of Canaan (chapters 1–12), the distribution of the land among the Israelite tribes (chapters 13–22), and Joshua’s farewell address and death (chapters 23–24). Because...
Why is the Torah’s attitude towards magic, soothsayers etc so negative, and how is the normative instruction in the command to be “wholehearted with the Lord your G-d” an alternative to them? The answer...
Discover the Case for Rabbinic authority for righteous of the nations. If a case is too baffling for you to decide … you shall appear before the priests, or the magistrate in charge at...
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