Pinchas 5762-2002
“Loving the Land of Israel” by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In this coming week’s parasha, parashat Pinchas, we learn the fascinating tale of five trail-blazing young women: Machla, Noa, Chagla, Milka,...
View ArticleMatot-Masei 5762-2002
“Does the Torah Allow Its Citizens to Take the Law Into Their Own Hands?” by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In parashat Masei, the second of this week’s double parashiot, Matot-Masei, we encounter an...
View ArticleDevarim 5762-2002
“Judging Our People Favorably” by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald This week’s Torah portion, parashat Devarim, is always read prior to Tisha B’Av, the fast of the Ninth of Av (observed on Wednesday night,...
View ArticleVa’etchanan 5762-2002
“Loving the Land of Israel” by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald This week’s Torah portion, parashat Va’etchanan, is an extremely rich parasha. The parasha opens with Moshe’s plea to G-d to allow him to enter...
View ArticleEikev 5762-2002
“Worshiping G-d With All One’s Heart” by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald Traditional Jewish prayer is a study in contrasts. On the one hand, prayer is meant to be a spontaneous outpouring of emotion, as the...
View ArticleRe’eh 5762-2002
“Changing and Updating Jewish Law” by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In this coming week’s parasha, parashat Re’eh, we encounter a fascinating law known in rabbinic literature as Shmitat k’safim, the...
View ArticleShoftim 5762-2002
“The Torah – the First Environmentalist Treatise” by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In this coming week’s Torah portion, parashat Shoftim, we find many interesting and challenging ideas. It is a...
View ArticleKee Teitzei 5762-2002
“Transforming an Enemy Into a Friend” by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald This past Thursday and Friday marked Rosh Chodesh Elul, the beginning of the new month of Elul, the month that leads in to the High...
View ArticleKee Tavo 5762-2002
“A Contemporary Interpretation of an Ancient Reproof” by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald This coming week’s parasha, parashat Kee Tavo, is one of two parashiot in the Torah that are known as the Tochacha,...
View ArticleNitzavim-Vayeilech 5762-2002
“The Promise of Total Return” by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald This coming week’s parashiot, Nitzavim and Vayeilech, are among the final parashiot of the book of Deuteronomy and contain the last messages...
View Article
