July 29, 2010 | Ekev

Beha'alotcha

Summer Lovin'

My son, Nadav, used to think that the ark in shul was the Torah's house ("is that where the Torah lives, Abba?") and that - just like we do - it comes out sometimes to go to shul. And - just like we do to each other - we hug it and kiss it when we meet. He never asked me if the Torah also gets to go...

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

You may sometimes wonder where the rabbis get the laws that are not explicitly spelled out in the Torah. Much of it is extrapolated from what's already there. This week's Parshah Beha'Alotcha provides an example. Moses is instructed by God to have two silver trumpets made which will be used to...

My video divrei Torah on parasha Beha'alotcha by Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ_B2lFrx6c

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Parshat Ekev

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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My video divrei Torah on parasha Ekev by Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gTQopsAJnY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcRu3tjoBkQread more

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Shmuel is Rabbi of Ohev Sholom -- The National Synagogue, the oldest Orthodox synagogue in Washington, DC. His communal responsibilities include teaching classes, coordinating adult education, creating programs for the elderly,the youth, and the sick, and ministering to the pastoral needs of the...

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