Parshat Ha-azinu – Close to Heaven
By Rabbi Dovid Markel This week’s parsha begins (Devarim 32:1) “Listen, O heavens, and I will speak! And let the earth hear the words of my mouth!” The Sifri on this points out...
Category: WEEKLY PARSHAH
Shabbat Shuva – The Repentance of the Tsaddik
This Shabbat is generally referred to as Shabbat Shuva, after the haftarah which discusses repentance.
Parshat Nitzavim – Very Close
Fulfilling G-d’s commandments is something that is very close, and in the reach of each and every Jew.
Parshat Nitzavim – The Nature of A Covenant
The covenant of the Parsha and Rosh HaShana.
Parshat Ki Teitzei – A Captive Woman
By Rabbi Dovid Markel In this week’s parsha, Ki Teitzei, the Torah expresses the curious law of the Eshet Yifat Toar, saying (Devarim 21:10-11): “If you go out to war against your...
Parshat Shoftim – Appointing Judges
The significance of judges in our personal lives.
Parshat Shoftim – Cities of Refuge
The proofs that Maimonides brings for Moshiach.
Parshat Re’eh – Choose Life
By Rabbi Dovid Markel This week’s parsha, Re’eh, begins with the following statement about the blessings and curses that come as a result of following G-d’s Will: The verse (Devarim 11:26-28) states: “Behold,...
Parshat Eikev – The Importance of the Heel
By Rabbi Dovid Markel Parshat Eikev continues Moshe’s final address to the Jewish people and begins with the words (Devarim 7:12), “And it will be, because (Eikev) you will hearken to these ordinances...
Parshat Pinchas – Politically Correct and True Judaism
By Rabbi Dovid Markel This week’s parsha, Pinchas, expresses something that is perhaps difficult for our modern minds to digest. The modern world-view of political correctness and individual choices cannot absorb the fanaticism...
