Weekly Torah Commentary

Moses continues his speech to the Israelites, reminding them to keep God's commandments when they enter the land of Israel.

Doing what is "right and good" in the eyes of God means promoting the values of the Torah beyond the explicit laws.

Although beliefs matter most regarding God, our actions matter most regarding our fellow people.

Moses tells the Children of Israel that the covenant includes all of them, including the pious and faithful as well as the rebellious and confused.

In Moses' final speech to the Israelites, he provides us with a model of effective rebuke.

Moses instructs the Israelites regarding the first fruit offering; Moses then lists the blessings for keeping the commandments and the punishments for disobeying them.

Tough love from the Torah, and the rabbis' attempts to mitigate it.

We can translate the concept of the divine ownership of wealth into recognition of the collective effort involved in the generation of wealth.

Moses stresses to the Israelites the importance of keeping God's commandments when they enter the land of Israel; Moses repeats the 10 Commandments and utters the Shema and V'ahavta.

Moses teaches the people that their achievement of true fear of God will allow them to not fear any enemy.