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When discussing the descendants of Moses and Aaron the Torah misses Moses’s descendants. The truth is that we are his descendants as long as we follow the Torah.

Today is the Israel Day Parade in New York. Now, more than ever it will be necessary for Jews to unite in support of Israel and show those who hate us that we will not give into their lies and hatred.

After the curses the Torah reminds us that we all have intrinsic value. That each human is valuable. Unlike other cultures we do not kill those who have deformities. We value all human life.

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.