The ultimate Consolation – The Royal Wedding
Rabbi Mendel Dubov, Chabad ReferAlso – Text commentary
Rabbi Mendel Dubov, Chabad ReferAlso – Text commentary
The Almighty enters into a third covenant during Moses’ lifetime as an affirmation of the truth that despite the backsliding of Israel, their covenant with their God who is always ready to accept their repentance remains eternally validated. The significance to this third Covenant and the manner in which it clearly differs from its predecessors – is its democratic element. Every single Israelite is summoned and included, the heads of the tribes… the little ones, wives, even the stranger who is in the camp, the hewer of wood and the drawer of water” (Deut. 29:9–10).
OvadYah Avrahami 5.7. Ki Tavo 0
Though this preview in our Haftarah Isa. 60 (which is all about the Final Redemption) is credited to the Arrival of Mashiach, there is no such mention of a Mashiach in this Haftarah…
“Referring to those who have Jewish DNA from their paternal – but not maternal – side, Zera Yisrael! It is especially incumbent upon us to reclaim these exiled seeds of Abraham and Sarah and restore them to their land and their Jewish ancestry!”
Such ideas (as proclaimed in this passage of Prophecy) would be taken as pure fantasy, wildly impossible, not even realistic enough to qualify as utopian. Since this week’s haftarah asserts that all of those will happen, I wondered, then as now, what it means when even Orthodox Jews, who claim to believe that God speaks through the prophets, do not believe these prophecies will or can ever come true…
Kol HaTor 5. Devarim, 5.6. Ki Teitzei 0
Ever wondered about the mitzvah to frighten away a mothers bird from her nest (Deut 22,6-7)? Watch this video to get a wonderful explanation…
Adapted by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks; From the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Published and copyrighted by Kehot Publication Society https://www.chabad.org/therebbe/article_cdo/aid/110663/jewish/Torah-Studies-Devarim.htm CAUTIONARY NOTE: The author and publisher of this commentary is not associated with KOL HATOR Vision and may not share the same convictions that KOL HATOR Web Site proclaims. We have selected this publication for its […]
We’ve finally started traveling in the desert. . . and the people immediately complain? Did they suddenly forget that they had just been so close with God? And how can we understand, and relate, to this seemingly ungrateful, chutzpadik nation? Check out more Torah videos at www.alephbeta.org/
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