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Va'eschanan
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in this week’s parsha the first parsha of Keriyas Shema. One of the mitzvoth brought in this parsha is the mitzvah which states (Chapter 6, Pasuk 7), Ve’Shinantam Levanecha, and you shall teach your children. Rashi teaches that we learn from the word Ve’Shinantam, Lashon ch Read more...
Eikev
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in this week’s parsha the mitzvah of Birkas HaMazon. The Torah states (Chapter 8, Pasuk 10), V’Achaltah V’Savatah U’Veirachtah es Hashem Elokechah, and you shall eat and become satiated and you shall bless Hashem your Gd. The Gemara in Berachos 48B teaches that the fi Read more...
Re'eh
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in this week’s parsha in the very first pasuk, Re’eh Anochi Nosein Lifneichem Hayom Bracha U’Kelala. Behold, or see, I am placing before you today a blessing and a curse. The pasuk seems to be presenting us with an extreme choice, either a blessing or a curse. Perhaps there Read more...
Shoftim
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in this week’s parsha the mitzvah of appointing judges and having a system of courts. This mitzvah follows the end of last week’s parsha which ended with the mitzvah of the Shalosh Regalim, the thrice yearly obligation to go up to Yerushalayim during the period of the festivals. Read more...