In the Torah reading of Vezot Haberachah, there is a remarkable verse that in my eyes stands out in the Hebrew Bible in terms of importance and captures the nature…
The Torah reading of Ha’azinu contains an extended poem (Deuteronomy 32, 1-43), which is termed by the Bible as a song (Deuteronomy 31, 19), and Moses according to the Biblical…
In the Torah reading of Vayeilech, there is a Biblical commandment that has disappeared in traditional Judaism of assembling (הקהל) all of the Israelites and even strangers among them once…
In the Torah reading of Nitzavim, there is a remarkable passage in which Moses tells the Israelites that God says that the covenant between God and the Israelites is not…
The Book of Deuteronomy is presented as a speech of Moses to the Israelites in the plains of Moab (to the east of the land of Israel) prior to their…
In the Book of Deuteronomy (25, 19) it is a commandment incumbent upon the people Israel to wipe out the memory of Amalek - “you shall wipe out the remembrance…
The Hebrew term shoftim means judges, and in the Torah reading of Shoftim, in the plain meaning of Scripture, adjudication and the teaching of law is the authority of priests…
In the Torah reading of Re’eh, the pilgrimage festivals of Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot are delineated (16, 1-17). In the ancient Biblical period, pilgrimage was made on these festivals to…
In the Torah reading of Eikev, there is a verse that stands out as capturing the essence of the Biblical conception of religion - “And now, Israel, what does the…
The verse Shema (usually translated as “Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one”), the great declaration of faith of the Jewish tradition, which appears in the…