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The hardest thing to remember is that our success depends on God. We are required to work for success but without moral code of the Bible our society will fall.

This week’s portion warns of the danger of the slippery slope. That a person thinks he is doing something nice but is allowing others to take advantage of his kindness for bad purposes.

The curses that are mentioned in this week’s portion are not extraordinary. This is what happens to an ordinary nation. If you have a special relationship to God then prove it by your actions.

The punishments mentioned in this week’s portion are really what will happen if we do not have a just society.

The reason that we lost the Bar-Kochba revolt was that we did not respect one another. This is the lesson we should take from the loss.

Many people will refuse to do something because “It’s not my job”. This is not a Jewish idea. It does not matter to the Torah. When something has to get done then it is everybody’s job.

It is no accident that the successful revolutions put God at the center and the revolutions that degenerated into dictatorship put man at the center.

Pesach Sheni is the second chance for those who could not bring an Passover offering during Passover but were unable to. The fact is that one has to do the right thing. Saying I’m sorry is not enough, action is required.

While we Jews believe that Jewish law was given at Mt. Sinai, we recognize that the rabbis are entitled to interpret that law as they understand it.

The Jubilee year is the great reset of society. The command for it contains the famous phrase, “Proclaim liberty throughout the land and to the inhabitants thereof.” This means that we have equal opportunity to succeed.