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Parashat: VaYeilech Torah Reading: Exodus 32:11–14, 34:1–10 “Gather the people, men, women, children, and the strangers in your communities – that they may hear [the Torah] and so learn to revere the Eternal your God and to observe faithfully every word of this Teaching.” — Deuteronomy 31:12 The instruction here at the very end of Continue Reading »
Parashat: Nitzavim Torah Reading: Deuteronomy 29:9–30:20 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day: I have put before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life so that you may live—you and your descendants…” — Deuteronomy 30:19 For thirteen years (post-bat mizvah!) this was one of three verses that I read Continue Reading »
Parashat: Ki Tavo Deuteronomy 26:1–29:8 I led you through the wilderness forty years; the clothes on your back did not wear out, nor did the sandals on your feet; you had no bread to eat and no wine or other intoxicant to drink—that you might know that I יהוה am your God. — Deuteronomy 29:4-5 Continue Reading »
Parashat: Ki Teitzei Torah Reading: Deuteronomy 21:10–25:19 “If you see your fellow Israelite’s donkey or ox fallen in the road, do not ignore it; you must raise it together,” — Deuteronomy 22:4 This commandment, seemingly quite specific to a particular situation, is a much larger commandment that still applies in the modern day. No, Continue Reading »
Parashat: Shoftim Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9 “TzeDeK TzeDeK TiRDoF — Justice, Justice shall you pursue, in order that you may live and come to inherit the land that Adonai your God is giving to you.” — Deuteronomy 16:20 The doubling over of the first word of this verse — TzeDeK — has fascinated generations of Jews, many Continue Reading »
Rabbi Daniel Plotkin introduces us to Gilad Kariv, the progressive polymath who is an attorney, Reform rabbi, and member of the Israeli Knesset. Photo of Kariv Courtesy of Eithan Schonberg on Wikimedia Commons, covered under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
