Re'eh
Wake-up Calls
Posted by Rabbi Avi Heller | Tags: Re'eh
Periodically, Uriel (my 3-year old son) will bring me our shofar (usually during breakfast) and ask me to blow it. Sometimes, I refuse. Sometimes I am indulgent. If I fail to blow well and it comes out sounding like a dying goose, he laughs at me and my funny sounds. If the shofar sound comes out...
My Weekly Drash (a mini D'Var Torah) -- Re'eh
Posted by Daniel M. Kimmel | Tags: Re'eh
Parshah Re'eh opens with what may be the most important verse in the Torah for modern Jews: "See, this day I set before you blessing and curse." (Deut. 11:26). Moses is trying to persuade the Israelites to do the right thing (i.e., follow God's commands) and to warn them of the consequence if they...
Temporary Housing
Posted by Jack Kustanowitz | Tags: Re'eh
As I prepare for the holiday of Sukkot, and I prepare to tell managers & coworkers why I'm taking yet another two days off in the middle of the week, and then another two days a week later, I have been trying to come up with a good explanation for the thing I've been building in my backyard. The...
A Need-To-Know Basis
Posted by Jack Kustanowitz | Tags: Re'eh
Parshat Re'eh starts out with a brief description of a strange ceremony we'll encounter later in Devarim: The blessings and the curses atop Mount Gerizim and Mount Eval, respectively. (The latter's English homophone, "Evil", is probably unrelated). But having whetted our apetite with a preview,...
Unity in the Face of Tragedy
Posted by Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld | Tags: Re'eh
There was one picture that did it for me this week; one scene which moved me the most. It was the picture on the front page of some of our local papers. It was the picture of a young girl being carried to safety by a rescue worker, and while she is being carried away, the young girl is reaching...
