July 29, 2010 | Ekev

Wedding / Anniversary

My video divrei Torah on weddings by Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg

Posted by Jonathan Ginsburg | Tags: Wedding / Anniversary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7sezGB-ksY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DURVFdJ8yCY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7sezGB-ksY

Read Dvar Torah | March 1, 2009

Writing Your Own Torah - On Your Wedding Day and Every Day

Posted by Al Kustanowitz | Tags: Wedding / Anniversary

One of the 613 mitzvot, in fact the last of the 613, is that every Jew should write a copy of the Torah. It is derived from the passage in Parshat Vayelech that says “V’atem kitvu lachem et hashira hazot” – “So now, write this song for yourselves.” Our sages derive from this verse that...

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My Weekly Drash (a mini D'var Torah) - Ekev

Posted by Daniel M. Kimmel, August 22, 2008

"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? Rabbi Jakob Petuchowski wrote, "Jews study Torah...read more

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Posted by Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld, August 8, 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...read more

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Esther D. Kustanowitz is a writer, editor and social media consultant based in Los Angeles. She has many Dvar Torah writers in her family, and she can't wait to read contributions from Divrei Torah: The Next Generation (two nephews and a niece).

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