The Key to Closeness with G-D
As we read this week’s Parshat, Noach, we discover an interesting pattern which illuminates the Key to a close relationship with the creator.
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The Seven Laws of Noach
The Seven Laws of Noah (Hebrew: שבע מצוות בני נח Sheva Mitsvot Bne Noah), also referred to as the Noahide Laws or the Noachide Laws (from the English transliteration of the Hebrew pronunciation of “Noah”), are a set of imperatives which, according to the Talmud,...
Noah: Rabbi Avraham
By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: Noah: Gen. 6.9-11.32. Haftara Isaiah 54:1-55:5 (Sephardi ritual: Isaiah 54:1-10). Parshas BEREISHIS told the story of the first Ten Generations of the Children of Adam, establishing fundamental facts...
Isaiah’s prophecy of hope | HafTorah Ki Tavo
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...
Fail proof Your Relationsip With Hashem | Parashat Ki Tavo
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...
Ki Tavo: Rabbi Abraham
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 Role of the King | Parashat Shoftim
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...
What Does it Mean to be Tamim
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...
A Case for Rabbinic Authority | Parashat Shoftim
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...
Shoftim: Rabbi Abraham
By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: SHOFTIM, Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9. Haftara: Isaiah 51:12-52:12. The annual cycle of Torah readings is so arranged that parshas SHOFTIM, “Judges”, is always read on the first Shabbos of the...
The Difference Between Haughtiness and Pride
It this week study of Parashat Eikev the Blessed One said; “Beware, Lest Your Heart Grow Haughty”. In today’s class, we will discuss the difference between haughtiness and pride. Can one be proud of...
The Secret Of a Divine Connection | Parashat Eikev
In the book of Deuteronomy Moses presents the Israelites (and us) with a commandment which was not found in the previous books of the Torah– the commandment to love the Lord: “And thou shalt...
