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Category: Weekly Torah Portion

Ki Tavo: First Fruits

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By Leiba Chaya David   View a Printable Version|View a Source Sheet   The Land of Israel has been conquered and divided, and Jewish farmers have settled into the yearly cycle of growth and harvest. Now they are given a special commandment, one applying only in the Land: they must take their first fruits to […]

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Ki Teitze: The Compassion to Bring Moshiach

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By Rabbi Dovid Sears   View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet   If you chance upon a bird’s nest along the way in any tree or on the ground, whether it contains young birds or eggs, and the mother is sitting upon the young birds or upon the eggs; you shall not take the […]

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Shoftim: Wasteful Destruction

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By Rabbi Dr Norman Lamm   Dedicated by David and Marsha Nimmer, in the prayer of bequeathing a healthy world to our children.   View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet The biblical norm which most directly addresses itself to the ecological situation is that known as Bal Tashhit, “thou shalt not destroy.” The passage, which […]

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Re’eh: Blessing and Curse

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By Rabbi Akiva Wolff   View a Printable Version| View a Source Sheet Our Torah portion begins with the following words: Behold I set before you today a blessing and a curse; a blessing if you obey the commandments of the Lord your G-d, which I command you this day, and a curse if you do […]

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Eikev: Shivat Haminim, The Seven Fruits of Israel

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By Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum  For Anne Werner, in memory of a wise woman who understood and cared for the environment, dedicated by her daughter Deborah Lesser and Michael Lesser. View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet The Land of Israel is described as “A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, […]

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