The attempt to pursue justice and achieve justice is a corner stone of Judaism. In this week’s portion of the Torah these are presented to us in multiple ways. For example, we learn this week, “You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small. You...
Just over a week ago a huge billboard calling “A Jew Doesn’t Expel a Jew.” appeared on the Ayalon highway, also known as highway 20, a traffic congested artery that crosses Tel Aviv from north to south, just near the Azrieli Towers. Many people wondered why these words...
It is only in very rare cases that we, as human beings, do not have choices. Admittedly, at times our choices are between bad and worse, however, at other times it is between good and excellent. Many times when we are faced with a complex situation we find it difficult...
"For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey; a land where you will e...
In this week’s portion of the Torah we read, “Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: ‘Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I am speaking today in your hearing, that you may learn them and observe them carefully.’” We learn here several things...
