Tag: Torah

  • Every Jew Has Value

    פרשת וזאת הברכה / א’ דחול המואד סוכות / י”ז בתשרי תשפ”ג

    The lesson of Sukkot is that every person has value, no matter how high or low that person may be. We all equal in God’s eye.

  • Economics & Morality

    פרשת האזינו / י”ב בתשרי תשפ”ג

    The Torah admonishes us to oppose foreign ideologies, meaning ideologies that negate morality based on the Torah.

  • Seeking a Just Society

    פרשת שופטים / ו’ באלול תשפ”ב

    The Torah states “Justice, Justice you will seek.” Note that it does not say “you will do justice only that you will seek it. This means that while we are imperfect humans and will make mistakes, we will do our best to bring justice.

  • The Reason for the 9th of Av

    פרשת דברים / ו’ באב תשפ”ב

    When we look at the literature of the 9th of Av, we notice that the Romans and Babylonians are barely mentioned. The real reason for the disaster is placed on the bad moral and ethical behavior of the Jews.

  • Why We Fight

    פרשת מטות-מסעי / כ”ו בתמוז תשפ”ב

    The reason that the Jews were commanded to destroy Midian was because Midian had declared war on God and morality. Personal insults are one thing. Insulting God and morality are another.

  • The Limits of Freedom

    פרשת בהעלותך / י”ח בסיון תשפ”ב

    The Complainers are back again in this week’s portion. They will continue to plague Moses throughout the Exodus. The question is what they were really complaining about. The limits that the Torah places on us. That we cannot do whatever we want in society.

  • We Need to be a God-Fearing Society

    פרשת בחוקותי – כ”ה באייר תשפ”ב – מ’ בעומר

    When a Jewish court was required to hand down a death sentence they would go out to the country and bemoan that breakdown in society. The idea that the crime did not happen in a vacuum. It happened because there is something wrong in society in general.

  • We are Our Curse

    פרשת בחוקותי / כ”א באייר ץשפ”ב – ל”ו בעומר

    This week’s portion has the blessings and the curses. That if we follow the Torah then great things will occur but if we do not then disaster will happen. The interesting thing is that the curses will be caused by a breakdown in society. God does not have to curse us, we can do that all by ourselves,

  • Moral Leadership

    פרשת אמור / י”ב באייר תשפ”ב – כ”ז בעומר

    The Torah starts the portion by detailing the physical & moral attributes of what we expect of the Priests. It ends with an admonition against desecrating God’s name. It is important to remember that when someone identifies as a religious person he represents God. His behavior is a reflection of God.

  • Economics & Holiness

    פרשת קדושים – כ’ בעמר / ה’ באייר תשפ”ב

    In this week’s Portion we explore the Torah’s meaning of holiness. One of the interesting things is that the Torah stresses honesty in business. It ties this to loving your neighbor and that if one is dishonest the result will be sacrificing your children to the idol Moloch.