Parashat Ki Teitzei (When you go out) Devarim (Deuteronomy) 21:10 – 25:19 Could there be a contradiction in this week’s Scripture portion? In this week’s parasha we read: Fathers shall not be put to death … Read More
Confronting a Fellow Believer, God’s Way
Parashat Shoftim (Judges) Devarim (Deuteronomy) 16:18 – 21:9 Our text this week is another reminder that God’s justice is different from our human sense of justice! In Deuteronomy 17, we read that if someone commits … Read More
You’ve Been Warned
Parashat Re’eh (See or look…) Devarim (Deuteronomy) 11:26 – 16:17 Before I begin, I would like to encourage you to read my blog entries last year and the year before on this week’s Scripture portion, … Read More
Trusting When We Can’t See
Parashat Ekev (Because of) Devarim (Deuteronomy) 7:12–11:25 God’s justice is very different from our sense of justice. As I was reading this week’s portion, five verses from Deuteronomy 7 caught my attention. The beginning of … Read More
Amazing Grace
Parashat Va’etchanan (To Implore or Beg…) Devarim (Deuteronomy) 3:23–7:11 This week we read … And now, O Israel, hear the statutes and the judgments which I am teaching you to do, in order that you … Read More
Playing Favorites
Parashat Devarim (Words) Devarim (Deuteronomy) 1:1–3:22 Our weekly Scripture portion (parasha) reading brings us to a new book, Deuteronomy. The book of Deuteronomy is an amazing book! I believe it is a very important book … Read More
Drive Out the Idols
Parashat Masei (Journeys) Bamidbar (Numbers) 33:1–36:13 In this week’s Scripture portion we find some very interesting principles, but there’s one that I find to be true in the physical world as well in the spiritual … Read More
Be a Person of Your Word
Parashat Mattot (Tribes) Bamidbar (Numbers) 30:2–32:42 Do you know someone who is very dependable and keeps his or her word? This is someone who follows through and you never have to wonder if things will … Read More
Out of the Mouth of… a Donkey?!
Parashat Balak Bamidbar (Numbers) 22:2–25:9 In our weekly portion one reads the famous account of Balaam and his donkey as they were on their way to Balak, who was the King of Moav: So Balaam … Read More
In Your Anger, Do Not Sin
Parashat Chukat (Statute of) Bamidbar (Numbers) 19:1–22:1 I entitled last week’s blog, Guard your heart, and felt that it directly connects to our portion this week. This week, we read of a well-known story that … Read More