Parashat Ki Tavo

There’s gratitude that is immediate and gratitude that can come only with time and labor.

As a people, wherever the Jews are, we have a remarkable and noble mission.

The power of "Amen."

There are many things we can do to create local culture that links God, land, and people.

Judaism emphasizes deed, not creed.

Through rituals, blessings, and warnings the Children of Israel strengthen their connections to history, land, and God.

Among the curses for those who break the covenant is the inability to provide for themselves.

By viewing the troubles and joys of our lives as part of a continuum we can uncover blessings even in the most challenging curses.

The activities for which people are cursed by God directly are those committed in secret.

Our religious and spiritual experiences of serving God should be joyful and uplifting.

The ritual of the first fruits provides an example of the tension surrounding forgetting and remembering crises and miracles in our history.

The speech that farmers recited when bringing their first fruits to the Temple articulates the Zionist message.

Law is essential to Judaism, establishing an external set of moral guidelines.

Reaching out to interfaith families.

A word and its opposite may be one and the same.

The two extended warnings for breaking the covenant reflect the changing relationship between the people of Israel and God.

Moses's example shows how we can continue to learn from those who have passed on.

The city and the field.

Ki Tavo: A resource for families.

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Today may be dark, but tomorrow, God's light will shine on His people.

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