Wednesday
Aug252021
FIRST, IT’S ABOUT YOU
August 25, 2021The world was created for you, the Jewish people. * When we are grateful for what we have been blessed with, we celebrate openly before Hashem.
Entries in Ki Savo (8)
Thursday
Sep192019
G-D’S FIRST AND FINEST
Mundane or not, each moment contains everything within it, eternity, and it is a gift of devotion to G-d, like the joyous presentation of first fruits in the Holy Temple. This is romantic idealism to the extreme.
Thursday
Sep192019
A DISPUTE IN WHICH EVERYONE IS RIGHT
Two Jews appeared before the village rabbi requesting that he make a din Torah between them regarding a monetary dispute.
Wednesday
Sep062017
THE SEVEN BLESSED ILLNESSES
This week’s parsha contains the harshest threats of pain and suffering for the Jewish people if they fail to follow G-d’s commandments. This lengthy section is called the Tochecha (rebuke).
Tuesday
Sep202016
BE YOUR OWN BAKER!
“Your life will hang in the balance, and you will be frightened night and day, and you will not be certain about your life.”
Tuesday
Sep082015
SYNCING THE BODY WITH THE SOUL
The harshest words of rebuke in the Torah can be found in this week’s parsha. The Talmud states that it is read before Rosh Hashanah, but interrupted by another parsha. This tells us that all of the year’s curses, including the curse of continued Galus, shall cease, and a new year of blessing, particularly, the final Redemption, shall commence. We pray, hope and are confident that G-d will bring an end to all of the past negatives and that the forthcoming year will be, exclusively, one of blessing.
Monday
Aug192013
HEALTHY INSANITY
The Torah thus tells us in its coded blessing: “You will go meshuga-insane from the things your eyes will see.” A time will come when you will transform the negative form of insanity, which derives from being a slave to passion and allowing yourself to be driven beneath the path of decency and normalcy, into a positive form of insanity. You will become self-transcendent beings, who rise above the norm.
Friday
Sep072012
TOTALITY PERSONIFIED
King David’s response serves as a precedent for all of the apparent irreverent behavior, the “wild” gestures and gesticulations that accompany special holiday celebrations. It is not considered to be degrading and demeaning. Rather, it is our way of displaying our passion for G-d and His Holy days.