In the Parsha, Moshe instructs the Jews that after they cross over the Jordan River into the Land of Israel they are to immediately travel to the City of Shechem, a distance of about 35 miles, where they will find two mountains that face each other, Har Grizim and Har Aival. At these mountains the …
Category: Devorim
Aug 19
Left Out!
- By Dovid Saks in 5781, Devorim
At an awards dinner I once attended, one the honorees got up and literally went through the attendees and thanked each one by name. After the rather lengthy acceptance speech the master of ceremonies came back to the podium and jokingly quipped, “Whoever’s name was not mentioned, please stand up.” Sure enough, the honoree’s own …
Aug 12
Build!
- By Dovid Saks in 5781, Devorim
I recently read an article by Rabbi Berel Wein where he shared a powerful and insightful, one-liner, from Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Kahanamin o.b.m. the world renown, Ponevitcher Rav. Rabbi Kahanamin was famous for exuding a genuine enthusiastic love towards his fellow Jews. There was a disturbing incident in Israel where some misguided individuals threw stones …
Aug 05
Certificate!
- By Dovid Saks in 5781, Devorim
The Torah forbids us from adding or subtracting from the Mitzvos of the Torah. We all understand what subtracting from the Mitzvos of the Torah is. However, adding Mitzvos it is even forbidden when adding within the Mitzva itself. For example: placing two Mezzuza parchments on the same door post; adding a fifth compartment to …
Jul 29
In Her Arms!
- By Dovid Saks in 5781, Devorim
Generally speaking, the weekly Haftorahs, the sections of the books of our Prophets that our sages chose to accompany the portion of the week, have a theme or reference to something that appears in the Torah portion. However, when let’s say Rosh Chodesh coincides with Shabbos, the Haftorah follows the theme of Rosh Chodesh. During …
Jul 22
Winning Ticket!
- By Dovid Saks in 5781, Devorim
The law indicates that when the month of Av arrives we are to lessen the degree of our Simcha ― joy. This is because in the month of Av both of our Temples were destroyed and other tragic events in our history transpired during the month and particularly on the ninth day of Av. One …
Jul 15
How!
- By Dovid Saks in 5781, Devorim
The other night I woke up in middle of the night and could not fall back asleep. There was something on my mind. That day I received the sad news that Zelig Terebelo, a high school friend, passed away suddenly. He was the most kind, happy and chilled person. Mind you, I hadn’t seen him …
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