“He Took Out His Wrath on Wood and Stone” Rabbi Shlomo Riskin’s Insights the Fast of Tisha B’av (Devarim)
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“Parsha to the Point” – Devarim 5778
Parshat Devarim (Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22) Rabbi David Stav Paragraph 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 …
“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 …
“Parsha Perspectives” – Matot-Masei 5778
Matot-Masei 5778 (In Spanish with English subtitles) Rabbi Eliahu Birnbaum – Director of OTS’s Beren-Amiel and Straus-Amiel Emissary Training Programs
“Torah Lights” – Matot-Masei 5778
“Keeping the Faith with Our Words” Rabbi Shlomo Riskin’s Insights into Parshat Matot-Masei
“Parsha to the Point” – Matot-Masei 5778
Parshat Matot-Masei (Numbers 30:2-36:13) Rabbi David Stav Paragraph As we conclude the Book of Numbers, we read for the first time of any part of our people expressing a desire to take leave of the other tribes. We have already read about how the nation sinned, complained, and disagreed with each other – but this is a whole new level. The tribes …
“Shabbat Shalom” – Matot-Masei 5778
Parshat Matot-Masei (Numbers 30:2–36:13) Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – This week’s double portion records how the Jews finally cross the Jordan River on their way to conquer the Promised Land. The tribes of Gad, Reuven and half the tribe of Menashe possess a great multitude of cattle, and “paradise” for cattle is good grazing land, which …
“Torah Lights” – Pinchas 5778
“Was Pinchas a Zealot or Not?” Rabbi Shlomo Riskin’s Insights into Parshat Pinchas
“Parsha Perspectives” – Pinchas 5778
Pinchas 5778 (In Spanish with English subtitles) Rabbi Eliahu Birnbaum – Director of OTS’s Beren-Amiel and Straus-Amiel Emissary Training Programs
“Parsha to the Point” – Pinchas 5778
Parshat Pinchas (Numbers 25:10-30:1) Rabbi David Stav Paragraph The division of the Torah into weekly portions was not determined on Mount Sinai, and, in fact, is not an ancient practice (relatively speaking). There were times in our history when the Torah reading cycle took three years to complete, and the division into weekly portions was adjusted …