This week’s parsha, Parshas Re’eh, opens with: רְאֵה, אָנֹכִי נֹתֵן לִפְנֵיכֶם--הַיּוֹם: בְּרָכָה, וּקְלָלָה - See, I (Moshe) present before you today a blessing and a curse; אֶת-הַבְּרָכָה--אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁמְעוּ, אֶל-מִצְות ה’ אלקיכֶם, אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם, הַיּוֹם, The blessing that you listen to the commandments of Hashem,...

In this week’s parsha, Parshas Eikev, the Torah warns us regarding the sin of avodah zarah (worshipping gods of others).  The pasukim say: פְּסִילֵי אֱלֹהֵיהֶם, תִּשְׂרְפוּן בָּאֵשׁ; לֹא-תַחְמֹד כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב עֲלֵיהֶם, וְלָקַחְתָּ לָךְ--פֶּן תִּוָּקֵשׁ בּוֹ, כִּי תוֹעֲבַת ה’ אלקיךָ הוּא - The carved images of...

Dear Friends, Please mark your calendars and join me for these upcoming, ALL new, shiurim: *My weekly Sunday shiur, with the Virtual Beis Medrash, meets Sunday July 26 at 10am.  To join shiur, use this direct link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/98032436809?pwd=UHY0R3pMdG42R1ZaQ0ZZNS9yek1uQT09 Zoom login information: Meeting ID: 980 3243 6809  - ...