July 29, 2010 | Ekev

Shavuot

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

Posted by Daniel M. Kimmel | Tags: Shavuot

It's easy to figure out why the rabbis selected the special reading from Deuteronomy for the second day of Shavuot. It's right there in the text, "Then you shall observe the Feast of Weeks for the Lord your God, offering your freewill contribution according as the Lord your God has blessed you."...

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My video divrei Torah on Shavuot by Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg

Posted by Jonathan Ginsburg | Tags: Shavuot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsFDx-xxIUg

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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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Daniel M. Kimmel is a Boston area film critic,...

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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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