Eretz Yisrael in the Parsha: Parshat Chukkat by Rabbi Moshe D. Lichtman
PUT YOUR FAITH IN THE GOD OF THE LAND This week’s parashah contains the episode of Mei Merivah (The Waters of Strife), in which Moshe and Aharon are told that they will not enter the Land of Israel. Many interpretations have been given to explain what exactly they...
Parshat Korach: “What Animates us All” by Rabbi Chaim Poupko
Rabbi Poupko is the Associate Rabbi of Congregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood, NJ and the President of the Rabbinical Council of Bergen County. To the casual observer, religion fosters some of the deepest divisions in society. Some of the most significant conflicts...
Eretz Yisrael in the Parsha: Parshat Korach by Rabbi Moshe D. Lichtman
KORACH EYES ONLY FOR YOU They [Datan and Aviram] said, “We shall not go up! Is it a small thing that you have brought us up from a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the desert, that you make yourself a prince over us? Furthermore, you did not bring us...
“Parshat Shelach” by Rabbi Moshe D. Lichtman
Rabbi Moshe Lichtman is a respected author and scholar living in Beit Shemesh who has written extensively about the centrality of the Land of Israel. Each week we plan to include a selection from his Sefer “Eretz Yisrael in the Torah.” SLANDERING THE LAND We all know...