February 4, 2012 |

Shlach

Spies and Climbers

I remember being in Israel during the hot summer of 2005. The whole country was tensely debating the question of Israel's unilateral disengagement from Gaza. Everywhere you looked, there were orange banners flying and the slogan "yehudi lo megaresh yehudi.[1]" Even those who supported the...

My Weekly Drash (a mini D'var Torah) - Sh'lah-Lekha (2)

God has a major complaint against the Israelites in the wake of the story of the spies in Parshah Sh'lach L'cha. "How long will the people spurn Me, and how long will they have no faith in Me despite all the signs that I have performed in their midst?" (Num. 14:11). Today we would call it a...

My video divrei Torah on parasha Shlach by Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS9_bI1MNUI

My Weekly Drash (a mini D'var Torah) - Sh'lah-Lekha

You probably know the old joke in which the rabbi prostrates himself before the Ark on Yom Kippur declaring, “Forgive me, I am nothing.” The cantor joins him, saying, “Forgive me, I too am nothing.” The shamash follows suit: “Forgive me, I am nothing,” leading the cantor to nudge the...

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Esther D. Kustanowitz

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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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Rabbi Dov Lerner has served congregations since 1970, ordained by The Jewish Theological Seminary of America. He is currently the President of the Family Foundation For Education, Inc. 501c3, which maintains a website for the distribution of materials without fee, especially Haggadot in...

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