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Balak

My video divrei Torah on parasha Balak by Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg

Posted by Jonathan Ginsburg | Tags: Balak

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0oklVWqyUI

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

Posted by Daniel M. Kimmel | Tags: Balak

No matter how familiar the story in the Torah, there's always something new to learn. Consider this week's Parshah Balak, famous for the story of Balaam and the talking ass. Balaam is the pagan prophet hired to curse the Israelites by Balak, king of Moab, but who - in the end - can only say what...

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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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