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Sep 5, 2026, 10:05 AM

Between Two Mountains: Ki Tavo and the Day the Judges Are Judged

There is a moment before every catastrophe when evil still appears negotiable. It has not yet revealed its full face. It arrives dressed in promises: order, security, national greatness, historical justice. It asks only for a little silence, one...

Sep 2, 2026, 9:12 PM

Priestly Pizza Party – Ki Tavo 5786

Over the summer, I got to celebrate many big smahot - occasions; I was invited to a pizza party that friends of mine hosted. It was incredibly well done. They had an outdoor pizza oven going, with cutting boards where you...

Aug 28, 2026, 7:25 PM

Learning to sustain what has been achieved

KI TAVO- LEARNING TO SUSTAIN WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED The danger of arriving I do not read Ki Tavo as a parashah about gratitude. Or, more precisely, gratitude is there, but it does not seem to me to be the central...

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Aug 28, 2026, 5:58 PM

Can You Give Me A Lift?

I have a friend who likes to encourage, “When you say thanks, be specific.” I love this idea. Especially now, in this season when we’re getting ready to repent and repair. Just like you should get your new refrigerator...

Aug 28, 2026, 12:05 PM

This is the day, now is the time!

In this week’s Torah portion, Ki Tavo, Moses declares to the nation, “This day, the Lord, your G-d, is commanding you to fulfill these statutes and ordinances” (Deuteronomy 26:16). Yet “this day” when Moses spoke these words was in...

Aug 28, 2026, 10:29 AM

The Altneu Beginning

The Jews stood on the cusp of the realization of a dream, first envisioned over a quarter of a millennium earlier. Whether as drifting strangers in the Land of Canaan, beaten slaves in Egypt, or weary wanderers in the...

Aug 28, 2026, 6:31 AM

A Sense of History (Ki Tavo, Covenant & Conversation)

Ki Tavo begins with the ceremony of bringing first-fruits to the Temple. The Mishnah gives a detailed account of what happened: Those that were near to Jerusalem brought fresh figs and grapes, and those that were far away brought dried...

Aug 27, 2026, 10:53 PM

Shalom Brothers: The Undivided Man (Ki Tavo)

One of the easiest things in life is to know what kind of person you want to be. One of the hardest is to become that person. Most of us have little trouble naming our values. We believe in honesty,...

Aug 27, 2026, 9:13 PM

You Can’t Take It with You (Ki Tavo 5786)

Two decades ago, after leaving the Wall Street Journal, one of my wife's first jobs in the Jewish world was working for a nascent project at the Harold Grinspoon Foundation to send Jewish children’s books to families every month. The...

Aug 27, 2026, 9:06 PM

The Torah Portion of 9/11

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Did you know that there is (way more than) a hint to 9/11 in this week’s Torah portion, Ki Tavo? I remember like it was yesterday. I was on my way into NYC to get a visa for the Ukraine, in...

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