Parshat Devarim
Parashat Devarim: What is the most effective model for rebuke? Moses doesn’t just rebuke the people. He causes the nation to understand that each individual is part of a system, and part of a nation. What do his historical descriptions teach us about the end of miraculous leadership? By Yael Tawil, Principal of OTS’s Jennie …
“Shabbat Shalom” – Parshat Devarim 5779
Shabbat Shalom: Devarim (Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22) By Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – “These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel, on the other side of the Jordan…. And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke unto the …
“Torah Lights” – Parshat Eikev 5778
“‘Keep all the Mitzva?’ : Why singular?”
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin’s Insights into Parshat Eikev
“Torah Lights” – Parshat Va’etchanan 5778
“Our Laws are Righteous Laws”
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin’s Insights into Parshat Va’etchanan
“Parsha Perspectives” – Devarim 5778
Devarim 5778 (In Spanish with English subtitles) Rabbi Eliahu Birnbaum – Director of OTS’s Beren-Amiel and Straus-Amiel Emissary Training Programs
“Shabbat Shalom” – Devarim 5778
Parshat Devarim (Deuteronomy 1:1–3:22) Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – “Zion shall be redeemed because of her moral justice and her children shall return to her because of her compassionate righteousness” (Isaiah 1:27). The Shabbat before the bleak day of Tisha Be’Av, the fast commemorating the destruction of both Holy Temples, is called Shabbat Hazon, …
“Torah Lights” – The Fast of Tisha B’av (Devarim) 5778
“He Took Out His Wrath on Wood and Stone”
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin’s Insights the Fast of Tisha B’av (Devarim)
“Parsha to the Point” – Devarim 5778
Parshat Devarim (Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22) Rabbi David Stav This Shabbat, we begin the fifth and final volume of the Five Books of Moses. This Shabbat is also commonly referred to as “Shabbat Chazon”, so named for the opening word of the Haftarah reading: “The vision (‘chazon’) of Yishayahu (Isaiah) the son of Amotz”. This Haftarah is always …
“Torah Lights” – Devarim 5777
“Jerusalem, the Heart of Judaism” — Rabbi Shlomo Riskin speaks about Parshat Devarim
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin
“Parsha to the Point” – Devarim 5777
Parshat Devarim (Deuteronomy 1:1 – 3:22) Rabbi David Stav This Shabbat, we will begin a new book of the Chumash, the Book of Devarim (Deuteronomy). The special name given to this Shabbat – Shabbat Chazon, which immediately precedes the fast day of Tisha b’Av – is associated with the first haftarah of the book of Deuteronomy, …
“Shabbat Shalom” – Devarim 5777
Parshat Devarim (Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22) Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel — “How (eichah) am I able to bear your contentiousness, your burdens and your quarrels?!” Just prior to the conclusion of the 1978 Camp David Accords, U.S. President Jimmy Carter submitted a letter for Prime Minister Menachem Begin that caused the Israeli leader …