by Rabbi Nechemya Taylor | Sep 12, 2021
Rabbi Nechemya Taylor Torani Advisor to Torah MiTzion In preparation for Yamim Noraim, the custom of Sephardic communities is to commence reciting selichot from Rosh Chodesh Elul, and the Ashkenazim from the last week in Elul. This custom originated in the period of...
by Rabbi Shlomo H. Pick | Nov 5, 2020
By Shlomo H. Pick Beit HaMidrash, Ludwig and Erica Jesselson Institute for Advanced Torah Studies, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel Click HERE for the PDF version In this week’s parasha, Ki Tavo, the theme of rejoicing is mentioned twice. The first time with the...
by Rabbi Benjy Levy | Oct 3, 2019
Parashat Ki Tavo begins by listing the steps we should take upon entering our homeland. We must acknowledge the good, give first fruits and tithes, provide for the leaders and teachers and care for the less fortunate. After giving the tithes we are commanded to make a...
by Shira Sohn | Oct 17, 2017
Shira Sohn Torah MiTzion Bat Sherut 5776 Bikkurim: Past, Present and Future As Moshe’s speech reviewing the mitzvot comes to a close, Parshat Ki Tavo describes a number of mitzvot that Bnei Yisrael are to keep once they enter Eretz Yisrael. The first mitzvah...
by Shira Sohn | Sep 9, 2017
Shira Sohn Shlichut Coordinator 5776 As Moshe’s speech reviewing the mitzvot comes to a close, Parshat Ki Tavo describes a number of mitzvot that Bnei Yisrael are to keep once they enter Eretz Yisrael. The first mitzvah described in the parsha is Bikkurim,...
by Rabbi Yedidya Noiman | Sep 21, 2016
Rabbi Yedidya Noiman Rosh Kollel Montreal Expanding Circles “And now I brought the first fruits of the land which you Hashem gave me.” In the Parsha we see one of the summits of happiness and prosperity to which a Jew can reach. The Torah describes to us the...
by Rabbi Eldad Zamir | Sep 10, 2015
Eldad Zamir Former Shaliach in Cape Town (1997-1998) The Rebuke A large part of this week’s Parasha is the rebuke, in which Moshe warned the people what will befall them if they do not follow G-d’s words. After this very long rebuke there is a very short...
by Rabbi Herzl Hefter | Sep 7, 2015
Rav Herzl Hefter Former Rosh Kollel in Cleveland (1995-1997) Anthropopathism – audio class
by Yael Plaskow | Jun 28, 2015
I am a wonderful person: I woke up this morning and went to shul, davened the entire teffila with kavanah, gave an incredible amount of tzedakah as an anonymous donation. I helped an old lady cross the street, I dealt honestly and even politely at business with enough...
