Rabbi Lauren Werber

Rabbi Lauren Werber is the rabbi at Temple B’nai Abraham in Elyria, OH.

God’s Punishments: Or Are They?

D'Var Torah By: Rabbi Professor Marc Saperstein

Parashat Ki Tavo contains one of the most powerful and frightening chapters of the Torah. Fourteen verses (Deuteronomy 28:1–14) outline all the good things that will happen to the people if they obey God and faithfully observe all of the divine commandments. That’s “the good news.” Then come 54 verses