by Rabbi Danny Eisenberg | Aug 18, 2021
Rabbi Danny Eisenberg Currently a Director of the Sydney Kollel Click Here for the PDF version In Parashat Ki Tetze, Moshe presents us with more mitzvot than in any other parasha. A cursory examination will reveal that these mitzvot share a common theme. They are all...
by Rabbi Ilan Goldman | Nov 5, 2020
By Rabbi Ilan Goldman Former Rav-Shaliach, Bnei Akiva England Currently Executive Director, Project Aseret Click HERE for the PDF version The mitzvah of marriage may be found in our Parasha: כִּי יִקַּח אִישׁ אִשָּׁה, ‘If a man takes a woman.’[1] When thinking of...
by Rabbi Benjamin Krausz | Oct 3, 2019
By Rabbi Benjamin Krausz Former Rosh Kollel in Perth (2008-12) Currently a teacher and educator in “Nativ” Our Parashah- Ki Tetze is famous for including the largest number of Mitzvot in the Torah. There is a very wide variety of Mitzvot, and one of...
by Rabbi Yedidya Noiman | Sep 2, 2017
Rabbi Yedidya Noiman Rosh Kollel Montreal The power of words מוצא שפתיך תשמור ועשית כאשר נדרת לה' In the middle of our parasha we are told again about the importance and even the danger of fulfilling our oaths. The Tora warns us that have we sworn or accepted an...
by Rabbi Herzl Hefter | Sep 14, 2016
Rav Herzl Hefter Former Rosh Kollel in Cleveland (1995-1997) Who’s ‘In’ and Who’s ‘Out’ This week’s parsha tells of the unique status of four nations; Ammon, Moab, Egypt and Edom. Because of historical acts of cruelty and insensitivity these nations are barred...
by דוד פרי-חן | Sep 7, 2015
David Prichen Former Shaliach in Chicago (2008-2010) כב) כי תדר נדר לה’ אלוהיך לא תאחר לשלמו כי דרש ידרשנו ה’ אלוהיך מעמך והיה בך חטא כג) וכי תחדל לנדר לא יהיה בך חטא כד) מוצא שפתיך תשמר ועשית כאשר נדרת לה’ אלוהיך נדבה אשר דברת בפיך Reading...
by Rabbi Yehuda Englard | Dec 23, 2014
Introduction Since the establishment of the state of Israel fifty-five years ago, there has been a renewal of relevance in the study of the halachic ramifications of war. Jews living in their homeland have been forced to defend themselves against their surrounding...
by Rabbi Benjamin Krausz | Aug 29, 2009
Rabbi Binyamin Krauss Former Rosh Kollel in Perth One of the mitzvot which appears in Parshat Ki Teitzei is the mitzvah of shaatnez: “You shall not wear a mixture (shaatnez) of wool and linen together.” (Devarim 22:11) What is unique about wool and linen? And...
