By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov: In this week’s portion, we see that HaShem commands Beni Israel to appoint judges and policemen for you (in singular form) in all your gates (cities) and they should judge people with a just and fair judgment. The Rabbis learn that singular form of “you” means […]
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By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom, in the Parasha we encounter the famous Pasuk: ״כי פתח תפתח את ידך לו והעבט תעבטנו די מחסורו אשר יחסר לו״ You shall surely open up your hand to him and give him whatever he is lacking.(Devarim 15,8) The Talmud teaches: “The wicked Tornosrofus (the […]
By Rabbi Aharon Seleh: The Sfas Emes has a fascinating insight into the Jewish nation’s journey in the desert. He writes that the forty year journey was a prerequisite to being entitled to Eretz Yisrael, because Eretz Yisrael is one of three things that must come with suffering. But Hashem, […]
By Rabbi David Cohen: The Chasam Sofer writes that the reason we read the Aseret HaDibrot in Parshas Vaetchanan is because we just went through Tisha b’Av, and during Tisha b’Av it is forbidden to learn Torah. Since we made a hefsek in our learning, we need to make a […]
By Rabbi Moshe Vosoghi: This week’s Parsha opens with Moshe Rabbenu reviewing the travels of the Bnei Yisrael. In the course of his speech, Moshe Rabbenu mentions that the Bnei Yisrael were told not to engage the people of Seir in battle. They were to bypass the land of Seir, […]