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Va'etchanan: A Smart Torah

Rabbi Jay Kelman

What is the role of the Jewish people? To give some insight to this most complex question we must first analyze why G-d created man in the first place. While it is hubris to claim that we might know the answer to this question from the perspective…
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Parshat Shavua 5784 with weekly guest speakers (Va'etchanan)

Rabbi Aviad Tabory

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Va'etchanan: Above and Beyond

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join as we discuss why it is not enough to follow the laws of the Torah.
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Va'etchanan: from Egypt to Israel

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“Moses summoned all the Israelites and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the laws and rules that I proclaim to you this day! Study them and observe them faithfully!” (Devarim 5:1) These words introduce the main section of sefer Devarim, Moshe’…
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Vaetchanan: Seeking Comfort

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Our Sages ordained that we should read parshat VaEtchanan on the Shabbat after Tisha B’Av. As they phrased it, “tzumu v’tzlu, fast and pray”. On Tisha B’Av we fast, but we cannot pray. We can say words, but not words of prayer. “Though I…
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Parshat Shavua 5782 with weekly guest speaker (Va'etchanan)

Rabbi Steven Gotlib

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VaEtchanan: An Extra And

Rabbi Jay Kelman

"Shamor v’Zachor b’dibur echad". This phrase, sung every Friday night, notes the most famous difference between the recording of the aseret hadibrot in parshat Yitro, where we are commanded to “remember, zachor, the Shabbat…
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Parshat Shavua 5781 with weekly guest speaker (Parshat Va'etchan)

Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom

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The Haftarot: How to Profit from the Prophets (Parshat Va_Etchanan)

Dr. Moshe Sokolow

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VaEtchanan: Beyond the Law

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The most obvious connection between Tisha b’Av and parshat Vaetchanan—which is always read on the Shabbat following this saddest of days—lies in the opening lines of the parsha, where Moshe pleads to enter the…
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