by Rabbi Yisrael Shachor | Aug 10, 2007
Rabbi Yisrael Shachor Former Rosh Kollel in Chicago Parshat Re’eh deals with a number of topics. We will discuss one of them, namely the meisit (one who incites others to idol worship). Several important points emerge from an examination of the subject:...
by Rabbi Eli Blum | Aug 10, 2007
Rabbi Eli Blum Former Rosh Kollel in Cleveland Our parsha contrasts the nations’ avoda zara (idolatry) – which is performed everywhere – with Hashem’s demand that our korbanot (sacrifices) be offered only in the Mikdash: “Destroy, you shall destroy all the places...
by Rabbi Shlomo Sobol | Aug 18, 2006
Rabbi Shlomo Sobol Former Rosh Kollel in Detroit Our parsha – like many others in Sefer Devarim – features the expression, “the place that God will choose” in reference to Jerusalem, the site where the Temple is destined to be built. The obvious question is:...
by Rabbi Gideon Weitzman | Aug 2, 2005
Tossed by the Storm This week is the third of the seven weeks of consolation when we read seven special Haftarot taken from the book of Yeshayahu. This week’s Haftarah opens with a bleak description of Am Yisrael: “She is afflicted, tossed by the storm and...
by Rabbi Emanuel Cohn | Aug 14, 2004
Rabbi Emanuel Cohn Former Avrech in Montreal (2001-2003) Founder of “Torah MiCinema” – Teaching Film and Judaism Roman Jakobson (1896-1982), a Jewish RussianAmerican linguist, has had a decisive influence on literary theorists for the last 60...
