Torah Commentary
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Together, we will champion the lessons of Passover by bringing greater wholeness, justice, and belonging to our world.
Together, we will champion the lessons of Passover by bringing greater wholeness, justice, and belonging to our world.
Torah Commentary
The Divine Kiss
V'zot Hab'rachah, the concluding parashah of the Torah, is centered around the death of Moshe Rabbenu, Moses our Teacher. Generations of Bible readers have wondered about the stated reason why Moses was prohibited from entering the Promised Land.
Border Crossings
We are at Rosh Hanikra, just meters from the Israel-Lebanon border. We go down to where the Mediterranean crashes through the caves it has carved out of the mountainside.
The Reality Check
I know some people who could benefit from a reality check.
Takeh?
Woven throughout the text of this week's parashah, Shofetim (the word means "magistrates" or "officials") are many mitzvot directed at the creation of good government and a fair legal system. There are rules about courts of law, about the limits to be placed on a king's power, and much more.
The Shaping Power of Words
When a bush aflame with a divine summons called Moses to the redemptive task, he tried to decline the charge with this demurral: "Please, O God, I have never been a man of words, either in times past or now that you have spoken to Your servant..." (Exod.