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Torah Reading
Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17
Haftarah
Isaiah 54:11-55:5
In this Torah portion, Moses tells the Israelites that if they worship idols, they will be punished. Moses explains the laws of kosher food, and he details the three pilgrimage festivals: Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot.
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Why does Moses repeat the history of Israelite people on the eve of crossing into the promised land?
Kashrut reminds us again and again that Jewish spirituality is inseparable from the physical.
The Torah seems to command us to be happy, but are our feelings within our control?
Rabbi David Fohrman and MJL Admin
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How can people who have worked to regain their freedom enslave their brothers?
It would be wise to consider sound anti-poverty programs that tackle the general problem of lack of ownership.
Dealing with disagreements in interpretation of the law.
When a member of our community becomes poor we must restore his/her dignity as well as money.
Remission of debt and freeing of slaves are two biblical institutions that ensure that cycles of poverty are not perpetuated.
Rabbi Dr. Bradley Shavit Artson
The gifts brought to the Temple for the pilgrimage festivals teach us the importance of preserving our unique identities.
As we work to clean up the places we live, we pray for Jerusalem to return to her splendor.
If you establish a Jewish spiritual discipline for yourself, you will not be led astray.
Parashat Re'eh calls our attention to our ability to choose the directions of our lives.
The Torah's abhorrence for consuming blood may have led to the Jewish people's abhorrence for shedding it.
Twice in the final verses of Parashat Re’eh, we are commanded to rejoice. And in both cases, the “we’” is ...
Moses instructs the Israelites regarding idolatry, false prophets, clean and unclean foods, tithes, freeing slaves, and the pilgrimage festivals.
