Parashat Devarim begins with Moses reprimanding the Jewish People as he recalls the numerous places in the desert where they rebelled against God. As they enter the land of Israel, the Jewish People ...

In this week’s parsha, Moshe accuses the nation of Israel of not having faith. What? The people know firsthand about all the miracles God has done for them, how could they not have faith? Drawing on ...

The Parsha, which opens the fifth and final book of the Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), begins with Moshe addressing the Jewish people shortly before his death. As the nation?s greatest leader, who saw ...

Our guest this week is Rabbi Alan Freedman, leader of Temple Beth Shalom in Austin, Texas. Rabbi Freedman was ordained by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati and holds ...

Sefer Devarim (the Book of Deuteronomy) begins with a very interesting introduction to the sefer (book), and when reading the pesukim (verses), you really have to ask: A. Who's talking - is this Moshe ...

Many events in the Book of Deuteronomy intersect with the Genesis narrative. For example, Genesis narrates the stories of Jacob and Esau while Deuteronomy involves their descendants – the nations of ...

It doesn’t take great expertise to see that the book of Devarim is significantly different from the other books of the Torah: Words and expressions that don’t appear anywhere in the Torah’s first four ...

Parashat Masei, the last of the book of Bamidbar, ends with the verse, “These are the commandments and regulations that the LORD enjoined upon the Israelites, through Moses, on the steppes of Moab, at ...

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On its surface, the Book of Deuteronomy appears to be little more than a restatement of stories and laws that were already covered in the preceding four books of the Torah. This is, however, far from ...