"Shabbat Shalom" – Devarim 5775

Parshat Devarim (Deuteronomy 1:1 – 3:22) Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – The biblical reading of Devarim always falls out on the Sabbath preceding Tisha Be’av, the fast commemorating the destruction of our Holy Temples. This is not merely an “accident” of the calendar; in our portion, Moses reviews his life and he cries out, “How (eicha) …

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“Shabbat Shalom” – Devarim 5775

Parshat Devarim (Deuteronomy 1:1 – 3:22) Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – The biblical reading of Devarim always falls out on the Sabbath preceding Tisha Be’av, the fast commemorating the destruction of our Holy Temples. This is not merely an “accident” of the calendar; in our portion, Moses reviews his life and he cries out, “How (eicha) …

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