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Shmitta as a Lens into the Nature of Torah Law (Part 1)

Rabbi Jonathan Ziring

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Eikev: 100 Streams

Rabbi Jay Kelman

"And now, Israel, what does G-d, Ma Hashem, want from you but just to fear the Lord your G-d, to walk in all His ways, to love Him and to worship the Lord your G-d with all your heart and all your soul" (Devarim 10:12). in a seemingly…
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Eikev: G-d Only Asks You for Everything

Rabbi Sammy Bergman

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Eikev: A Long Journey

Rabbi Jay Kelman

"According to the days that you spent exploring the land, forty days, a year for a day, you shall carry your sin and you will know My actions" (Bamidbar 14:34). The sin of rejecting the land of Israel was not easily forgiven and forty days…
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Eikev: Lots of Love

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The Talmud declares that wisdom depends on the ability to make distinctions. It is for this reason that havdalah, the ritual marking the end of the distinctive Shabbat day, is recited in the blessing beseeching G-d for wisdom (Brachot 33a). The…
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Eikev: A Little Humility

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Moshe Rabbeinu was a most humble person. We know this because the Torah tells us so, the only trait of Moshe that the Torah actually enumerates. But we also know this as we read, week in and week out, how Moshe constantly put the needs of others…
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Eikev: Pain and Gain

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“And they placed upon them taskmasters lema’an anoto, in order to afflict them in their burdens” (Shemot 1:11). This inuei, affliction is the first act  of the Egyptians once they made the decision to enslave the Jewish people. To afflict…
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Eikev: Fear of G-d

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Effort vs. result. The relative value of these two concepts is a fundamental dispute between our western worldview and Jewish teachings. The secular world is, as it must be, bottom-line oriented. From a Jewish perspective, it is effort, not result,…
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Eikev: The Sweat of Your Brow

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Raising an independent nation is no easy task. The generation that left Egypt was (understandably) not up to the task. Whether or not their children would be was something of an open question. Moshe spends almost the entire book of Devarim preparing…
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Ekev: The Big Bribe

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The greatness of a person is revealed by the little things that one does. The greater the person, the more he or she is concerned with little things. Rav Yochanan ben Zakai, who was busy worrying about how Judaism could survive after the loss of…
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