By Rabbi Akiva Wolff Parsha Vayeilech is sponsored by Shelly and Lloyd Gordon. View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet One of the best-recognized descriptions of the land of Israel is “a land flowing with milk and honey.”[1] This description immediately conjures up a picture of a rich, fertile and desirable land, but what […]
By Shai Spetgang Parsha Nitzavim is sponsored by Dr. Theodore and Sissy Geballe. View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet G-d, the creator of all substances in nature, has put before us elements that can heal us in small concentrations and affect us detrimentally in large ones. In this week’s Torah portion, we […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
