Parshat Vaetchanan (Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11) Rabbi David Stav Parshat Va’etchanan, the second portion of the Book of Devarim (Deuteronomy), begins with a heart-rending account of how Moshe pleads with the Almighty to allow him to enter the Promised Land, even though he had sinned in striking the rock at Mei Meriva. God, however, refuses his request, saying “for you …
Parshat Vaetchanan (Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11) Rabbi David Stav Parshat Va’etchanan, the second portion of the Book of Devarim (Deuteronomy), begins with a heart-rending account of how Moshe pleads with the Almighty to allow him to enter the Promised Land, even though he had sinned in striking the rock at Mei Meriva. God, however, refuses his request, saying “for you …
Parshat Va’etchanan (Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11) Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – “You are a holy nation to the Lord your G-d… a treasured nation from amongst all the nations…. It was not because you were more numerous than all the nations… that G-d chose you since you are the smallest of all nations. It is rather because …
Parshat Va’etchanan (Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11) Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – “You are a holy nation to the Lord your G-d… a treasured nation from amongst all the nations…. It was not because you were more numerous than all the nations… that G-d chose you since you are the smallest of all nations. It is rather because …
