"Love, therefore, the Lord your God, and always keep His charge, His laws, His rules, and His commandments." (Deut. 11:1) This passage from Parshah Ekev is not unique. It is one of many places we are told to "love" God. But what does that mean? read more »
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Submitted by Daniel M. Kimmel [Brookline, MA] on Fri, Aug 22, 2008
I'm a film critic in Boston (Worcester Telegram and Gazette, Variety, Jewish Advocate), lecturer (Suffolk University, private groups) and MC for the New England Region of the Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs. My one paragraph drashes are for my brotherhood newsletter. You may use them for your own.
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Submitted by Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld [Washington, DC] on Tue, Aug 7, 2007
The concept of teshuvah, repentance, is a given in traditional Jewish circles: One who sins before God has the inalienable right to repent and to be absolved. Nevertheless, an analysis of the Torah indicates that such a theology might be absent from the text. In this week’s portion, Ekev, Moses recounts the sin of the Golden Calf and God’s subsequent threat to destroy the Israelites. Moses tells how he threw himself before God, and how as a result “God listened” to him. Exodus’ account of this sin relates that “God refrained from doing evil (32:14). read more »
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