Ki Tetze
Rabbi Shmuel HaSatan, Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, and the Holiday of Lag Baomer
Posted by Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld | Tags: Ki Tetze
Around ten days ago I received a letter in the mail from my father. It was a Hebrew sheet of paper with a story on it. The paper was part of a publication called, “Bein Hadagim Le-Zemirot” (Between the Fish and the Songs—Stories for the Shabbat Table). When I read this story I nearly...
My Weekly Drash (a mini D'var Torah) -- Ki Tetze
Posted by Daniel M. Kimmel | Tags: Ki Tetze
When is doing nothing a mitzvah? In Parshah KiTetzei among the laws given is this: "When you reap the harvest in your field and overlook a sheaf in the field, do not turn back to get it; it shall go to the stranger, the fatherless and the widow - in order that the Lord your God may bless you in all...
My video divrei Torah on parasha ki tetze by Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg
Posted by Jonathan Ginsburg | Tags: Ki Tetze
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQOZj-CC6mQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4uiV3TGiZs
My Weekly Drash (a mini D'var Torah) - Ki Tetzei
Posted by Daniel M. Kimmel | Tags: Ki Tetze
Parshah Ki Tetzei concludes with the famous exhortation to blot out the memory of Amalek, a people who historically have done nothing but violence to the Israelites. That's why it's surprising to read compassion for our enemies earlier in the portion: "You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your...