July 29, 2010 | Ekev

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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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

About Jonathan Ginsburg
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Joined: 09/26/2007

Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg and hs wife Rabbi Avigail...

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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

About Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld
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Joined: 08/08/2007

Shmuel is Rabbi of Ohev Sholom -- The National...

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Shulamit

Joined: October 3, 2007

Shulamit E. Kustanowitz gained an intimacy with Jewish tradition as the daughter of a Conservative rabbi and as a Modern Orthodox adult. She authored A First Haggadah in 1979 and Henrietta Szold, Israel's Helping Hand in 1990. In 2006 her first novel, Murder at the Minyan, was published. Her...

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Rabbi Avi Heller

Joined: July 27, 2007

Originally from Denver CO, Rav Avi received a BA from BU and Rabbinic ordination and an MA in Bible from YU. Before joining MJE, he was Director of Jewish Education at BU Hillel, co-directed the BU Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus and was an Associate University Chaplain. He has been the...

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