-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Archives
Categories
Meta
Category Archives: 2015
A Brief Note on Tone and Substance – Parsha Nitzavim
Great orations survive long after their utterer’s death because they convey a fundamental message in a concise manner that is timeless and its inspiration cuts between the planes of time. Lincoln at Gettysburg offered reason for the deaths of so … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Deuteronomy/Devarim, Nitzavim
Leave a comment
A Brief Note on Political Theory – Parsha Devarim
One of the most stirring and memorable messages of Sefer Devarim is found in this week’s Torah reading, Parsha Shofetim. The Parsha continues the record of the last lessons that Moses imparted to the Children of Israel. Here, Moses spoke to … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, D'varim, Deuteronomy/Devarim
Leave a comment
A Brief Note on the Jew and Society
Parsha Re’eh continues the record of Moses’ final teachings to the Children of Israel. He approaches a number of discrete topics. Some are esoteric – for example, the laws of redeemed offerings and consecrated meat. Other of the teachings remain central … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Deuteronomy/Devarim, Re'eh
Leave a comment
A Brief Note on the Power of Words – Parasha Devarim
The Children of Israel were encamped on the Plains of Moab, pasturing their flocks, having completed a victorious military campaign. Their goal of the Promised Land lay just beyond the horizon. It was winter; no doubt cold and rainy. Further … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, D'varim, Deuteronomy/Devarim
Leave a comment
A Brief Note on a Greek Bearing Gifts – Parsha Balak
The Torah’s gaze leaves the Children of Israel, who are busy fighting their way to the Promised Lands and records a story that took place away from the Israelites’ camp and presumably without their knowledge. It’s the first time that … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Balak, Deuteronomy/Devarim
Leave a comment
A Brief Note on the Probability of a Possibility – Parsha Korach
The Children of Israel had reached their nadir. They faced a horrible fate; death in the desert. They would never see the land they had dreamed of since Moses had led them out of slavery. They were full of despair, … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Deuteronomy/Devarim, Korach
Leave a comment
A Brief Note on an All to Familiar Dialogue – Parsha Behaalotecha
The Torah, beginning from the Book of Exodus, is the story of the budding relationships that developed between God and His People, the Children of Israel. It is a tense dynamic, fractured and fractious. The Israelites are only months removed … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Behaalotecha, Deuteronomy/Devarim
Leave a comment
A Brief Note 