D’vrei Torah

This week’s portion, Va’etchanayn, takes its place as one of our more famous. We  read again the Ten Commandments (5) the Sh’ma and V’ahavta [Read more...]

The opening portion for the book of Deuteronomy is one that presents us with many issues. Moses begins his farewell sermons; a recapitulation of the journey from slavery to [Read more...]

This week, we encounter the double portion Matot-Mas’ei which brings us to the end of the Book of Numbers. It is a portion filled with drama and moral challenges. What [Read more...]

Pinchas presents us with a variety of challenges. Why is Pinchas rewarded for his act of zealous defence of God as Balak concludes? Do ends justify means? We have the move [Read more...]

Balak is one of the more famous portions in that it features a talking donkey, a non Jewish prophet, Bilaam, who blesses Israel instead of cursing them and in that blessing [Read more...]

Chukat presents us with several issues. The much discussed ritual of the “red cow” and rites of purification begin the section. There is continued murmuring of [Read more...]

Korach, the name alone elicits so many responses from tradition. This is one of the great confrontations in Torah. An open rebellion against the leadership of Moses and [Read more...]

This week we come to the famous passage that relates the sending of spies into Canaan. The Israelites, poised at Cannan’s borders, send men to scout out the land. All [Read more...]

This week’s portion, B’ha’alotecha, spans a huge narraitive of the Israelites in the Wilderness. We see a focus on regulations regarding the menorah, [Read more...]