PARSHA POSTS: VAETCHANAN

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Elchanan Poupko

Aug 23, 2024, 6:13 PM

Va’Etchanan-Nachamu: Optimism Through Eudcation

While this week’s Parsha is not the most famous Parsha in the Torah, the words in it are. “Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God; the Lord is one. And these words, which I command you this day,...

Aug 20, 2024, 4:20 PM

Being Fully Alive—Present in Each Moment If only they wouldn’t hate the Jews so much. If only we’d been born into a wealthier family. If only our spouse was kinder, our kids more obedient, our health more resilient. If only...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Aug 17, 2024, 9:51 PM

Why does Judaism forbid idol worship so much?

Why is it one of the worst sins? The first question should be, Who cares if you'd bow don't to an idol? Why is that wicked, worse than silly or stupid? Who gets hurt? You could say that when you allow...

Areyah Kaltmann

Aug 16, 2024, 7:05 PM

From Columbus to Gaza and onto victory

This week, a special delivery was made from Columbus, Ohio to the Gaza border. It wasn’t ammunition or food supplies, but rather something equally as potent and lifesaving. Heartfelt letters of support written by our precious Hebrew School students...

Aug 16, 2024, 6:30 PM

Love God or Leave Him?

Do you love God? It’s a strange question when you really think about it. But it’s an important one. It could be read as a challenge or some type of accusation, like you’re being interrogated and forced to declare your allegiance,...

William Hamilton

Aug 16, 2024, 1:47 PM

Impossible to Inevitable

Change. There’s something so interesting about it. Before it happens, people think it’s impossible. After it does, people decide it was inevitable. This observation from Abraham Accords architect Tal Becker. How then could we find relief from today’s most ominous...

Aug 16, 2024, 1:45 PM

The Idea that Changed the World (Va’etchanan)

It is one of the great stories of all time, and Moses foresaw it three thousand years before it happened. Here he is speaking in this week’s parsha: See, I have taught you decrees and laws as the Lord my...

Aug 16, 2024, 11:46 AM

Procrastination and the Ten Commandments: Parshat Vaetchanan

This Shabbat is known as Shabbat Nachamu, the Sabbath of Comfort, named after the first two words of the haftarah or prophetic passage. “Comfort, O comfort My people, says your God” (Isaiah 40:1). It falls on the Shabbat following the fast...

Aug 16, 2024, 11:44 AM

The Great Shofar Mishap – Parashat Va’etchanan

In a small village, Rabbi Moshe was known for his passionate and lengthy prayers. One Shabbat, during the reading of Parashat Va’etchanan, he decided to emphasize the importance of the Shema Yisrael prayer. He gathered the children and told...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Aug 16, 2024, 1:19 AM

Hello to you, wonderful land!

In Parshat VaEtchanan, Dvarim 3:25, Moshe pleads with God: “Please, allow me to cross over and see the good land that is across from the Jordan, this good mountain and the Levanon.” God does not grant Moshe his wish to...

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