Parshat Devarim: “THE SOURCE OF ALL OUR TROUBLES” by Rabbi Moshe D. Lichtman
THE SOURCE OF ALL OUR TROUBLES This week’s parashah is always read on the Shabbat before Tish’a B’Av (Shabbat Chazon). How appropriate, then, that it contains a recap of the Sin of the Spies, the sin that gave Tish’a B’Av its calamitous nature. I already mentioned...
“Parshat Mas’ei” by Rabbi Moshe D. Lichtman
BESIDES ALL ELSE, IT’S A MITZVAH For the past 300 (or so) pages, we have discussed many aspects of the special qualities of Eretz Yisrael. Quoting Scriptures, Midrashim, Gemarot, Rishonim and Acharonim, we have demonstrated beyond a shadow of a doubt that a Jew’s...
“Parshat Matot” by Rabbi Moshe D. Lichtman
LET’S GET OUR PRIORITIES STRAIGHT The Children of Reuven and the Children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock… They said to Moshe and Elazar… Let this land be given to your servants as a possession; do not bring us across the Jordan. (32:1-5)...
Parshat Pinchas: “WOMEN AND THE LAND OF ISRAEL” by Rabbi Moshe D. Lichtman
This week’s parashah contains the story of B’not Tzlofchad, those courageous and idealistic women who cherished the Land of Israel and demanded a portion in it. The first verse states, – The daughters of Tzlofchad, son of Chefer, son of Gil’ad, son of Machir, son of...