Devarim

Moses reviews the 40 years in the wilderness: he prayed to enter the Promised Land; we received the Ten Commandments; the small things inspire the greatest change; the Land of Israel flows with sustenance and sweetness; open our eyes and see the blessings (or blind them and see the opposite); kosher, charity, and festivals may change the world; judges and officers shall maintain righteousness; we must obliterate the death-vise of false-deity; the laws of war and captivity to the laws of debt and divorce; remember Israel’s arch-enemies; reality in the Land; how to elevate production (and the rebuke if we do not); stand together, the Torah is our natural state; leadership is perpetual; the people must gather together; a song, the heavens and earth bear witness; and now we see the land with our own eyes. Sealed with blessings, and the passing of Moses as the people stand at the threshold of the dream.

Devarim
Devarim

We are the people of the Book and these are its words. Let us review them.

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Ve'etchanan
Ve'etchanan

One can pray to change oneself, or one can pray to change the world.

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Eikev
Eikev

The smallest thing often makes the biggest difference.

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Re'eh
Re'eh

Some people see what the world shows them. The blessed ones see what the world conceals.

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Shoftim
Shoftim

Humble righteousness is the difference between being a judge and being judgmental.

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Ki-Teitzei
Ki-Teitzei

Going out to war is not always a bad thing – so long as it is going “out” to war and not going “in” to war.

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Ki-Tavo
Ki-Tavo

Arriving to your destination – especially when it is a profound destination – is a journey in itself.

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Netzavim
Netzavim

What we stand for is predicated upon whom we stand before.

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Vayelech
Vayelech

Perhaps when a leader goes away it is so that we may go on.

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Haazinu
Haazinu

Life is a song. Creations are its notes. We are its musicians. And the Creator is the Maestro.

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Vezot Habracha
Vezot Habracha

Blessings are not printed. Blessings are drawn.

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