Anointed for War: Jerusalem Leads Us Into Battle
This week’s Torah portion describes various halachot pertaining to war. Given what has transpired over the last 10 months, the…
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Sinai and Moriah: a Mysterious Connection
If we haven’t already gotten the message of these weekly divrei Torah, Jerusalem is pretty much the center of everything…
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Humility and the Sun of Jerusalem
This week’s parsha describes Moshe as being “the humblest of all people on the face of the earth.” This statement…
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Jerusalem: From Creation to Redemption
One section of this week’s parsha that is particularly resonant this year is the commandment of Hakhel. During the Sukkot…
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Har Sinai, Jerusalem and the Sanctity of the Jewish People
Our parsha discusses the momentous events of God giving the Jewish people the Torah at Har Sinai. As one would…
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Jerusalem: The Ultimate Nachalah
Our parsha describes the boundaries of the Land of Israel. In the introductory verse to this section, the Torah refers…
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Full Person Remembering
This week we will God willing fulfill the mitzvah of remembering Amalek. The source of this mitzvah is the verse:…
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Dreaming of Jerusalem
When Moshe relays to the Jewish people God’s dramatic prophecy of the four stages of redemption, he was met with…
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The Grace of Jerusalem
When Yaakov and his family return to the Land of Israel, they make an extended stay near the city of…
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The Temimut of Yerushalayim
During their time in the desert, the Jewish people did not have to agonize about their future. While they might…
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