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Sep 7, 2026, 7:40 PM

Nitzavim–Vayelech: From the Lion’s Kingdom to the Kingdom of the Home

A Torah of Life, Creation, and the Responsibility of Kingship “Atem nitzavim hayom kulchem” — “You stand this day, all of you.” Nitzavim begins with a remarkable image: the entire nation of Israel standing together before God — leaders and elders,...

Sep 5, 2026, 10:00 AM

First, stand. Then, go.

What Nitzavim-Vayeilech taught me about finding my voice, standing still, and knowing when it's time to move

Sep 5, 2026, 9:49 AM

We Are Closer Than You Think

Upper School student in Maimonides School, Brookline, MA

Ever since I watched Rabbi Dov Huff teach a new song to our eighth graders at our weekly kumsitz several years ago, there is a phrase in Parshat Netzavim, and on our lips this time of year, that I have...

Alexander Seinfeld

Sep 5, 2026, 9:29 AM

Your Last Shabbat?

The countdown timers to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are ticking... Question for your table: What if you knew that tonight would be your very last Shabbat? Would knowing that make any impact on what you do tonight and tomorrow? Guess what: it...

Sep 4, 2026, 5:55 PM

NITZAVIM - CHOOSING ANEW "Atem nitzavim hayom kulchem": you stand here today. All of you. So Nitzavim begins — not with a journey, not with a battle, not even with a new law, but with a position. Moses looks at...

Sep 4, 2026, 3:31 PM

Hishtavus or Hishtadlus: The Proper Attitude for the Year Ahead

As the High Holidays approach, it is easy to become confused between two seemingly conflicting ideas. On the one hand, there is the common conception of the Day of Judgment as a time of strict reckoning in which we...

Sep 4, 2026, 4:57 AM

To Renew Our Days (Nitzavim-Vayelech, Covenant & Conversation)

The moment had come. Moses was about to die. He had seen his sister Miriam and brother Aaron pre-decease him. He had prayed to God – not to live forever, not even to live longer, but simply, ‘Please let...

Sep 4, 2026, 1:20 AM

Shalom Brothers: The Art of Letting Go (Nitzavim)

There is a particular temptation that comes with leadership, especially for men who have spent years building organizations, communities, careers, or reputations. We begin by wanting to serve something larger than ourselves. Eventually, almost without noticing, we can start...

Sep 3, 2026, 11:25 PM

God Made the Promise. Let Him Pick Up the Tab.

I still remember the first time I read Hanoch Levin's Ketchup, that bitter satirical revue from the 1970s that somehow grows more relevant every year instead of less. Levin, one of Israel's sharpest playwrights and anti-war satirists, looks straight...

Sep 3, 2026, 10:25 PM

Rambam: Judaism’s MVP of the Last 2,000 Years

“In Judaism, Abraham, Moses, and David are prime GOAT of the past 2,000 years is probably Maimonides.” This may be the strangest source I have ever used to begin a Dvar Torah. Writing in Christianity Today, Marvin Olasky offered an...

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