By Rabbi David Cohen: When you will go out to war against your enemy.” (Devarim 21:10) The words “against your enemy” seem to be superfluous. What war does one fight that is not “against your enemy”? Our Sages teach us that the Torah is referring to a perpetual war one […]
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By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov: In this week’s portion, we see that HaShem commands Beni Israel to appoint judges and policemen for you (in singular form) in all your gates (cities) and they should judge people with a just and fair judgment. The Rabbis learn that singular form of “you” means […]
By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom, in the Parasha we encounter the famous Pasuk: ״כי פתח תפתח את ידך לו והעבט תעבטנו די מחסורו אשר יחסר לו״ You shall surely open up your hand to him and give him whatever he is lacking.(Devarim 15,8) The Talmud teaches: “The wicked Tornosrofus (the […]
By Rabbi Aharon Seleh: The Sfas Emes has a fascinating insight into the Jewish nation’s journey in the desert. He writes that the forty year journey was a prerequisite to being entitled to Eretz Yisrael, because Eretz Yisrael is one of three things that must come with suffering. But Hashem, […]
By Rabbi David Cohen: The Chasam Sofer writes that the reason we read the Aseret HaDibrot in Parshas Vaetchanan is because we just went through Tisha b’Av, and during Tisha b’Av it is forbidden to learn Torah. Since we made a hefsek in our learning, we need to make a […]