D’vrei Torah

This portion of Torah is the so-called Song of Moses. Ha’azinu, literally “give me your ear” ! Moses finishes his farewell sermons with his song. In poetic [Read more...]

This week’s portion, just a single chapter, prepares us for the end of Torah, the death of Moses and again speaks to the transition of power from Moses to Joshua. Moses [Read more...]

Nitzvaim is one of the most powerful and challenging of all our Torah portions. Moses is finishing his summary sermons and the passage has a major theme the idea of choice. [Read more...]

Ki Tavo is a portion that is mostly  known for the recitation of blessings and curses, couched in the usual literary style of Deuteronomy which promsies blessings if we [Read more...]

This week we continue the second of Moses’s farewell sermons. The content of this week’s portion is filled with challenging issues. We see laws related to [Read more...]

Shoftim continues the dramatic summaries of Moses. These final sermons are filled with drama, passion and pathos, as well as laws and regulations. This portion is no [Read more...]

This week portion, R’eih, spans a wide path of issues. We begin with a recitation of blessings and curses (11) and move on in chapter 12 to issues involving the [Read more...]

     Eikev continues the sermonic summary of the Wilderness experience by Moses. He continues to recount the history that has befallen the Israelites, reminding them of [Read more...]

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...]