torah commentary
Rabbi Nosson Sachs
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Beha-Alotekha, Numbers 8:1-12:16 When Miriam the prophetess sinned and was afflicted with tza’raas [a spiritual ‘leprosy-like’ disease], she was required to remain outside the camp. During her re...
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Oct 04, 2012 | 0 | 5 |
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Shabbat Chol HaMoed Sukkot “You cannot see My face, for no one shall see Me and live.” This declaration is as emphatic as any in the Torah. God issues it in response to Moses’ plea, “Oh, let me ...
Sep 27, 2012 | 0 | 6 |
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Haazinu, Deuteronomy 32:1-52 This week, we read from Parashat Haazinu. In it, Moses speaks words of poetry, a beautiful poem highlighting his last words to the children of Israel. After Moses fi...
Sep 20, 2012 | 0 | 8 |
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Shabbat Shuva Deuteronomy 31:1-30 Most wrongful conduct consists of both a trespass against a fellow person and a sin against G-d. On these days of penitence and specifically on Shabbat Shuva w...
Sep 12, 2012 | 0 | 8 |
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Nitzavim, Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20 One of the most clever High Holy Day newspaper ads I ever saw was a display box that read, from top to bottom: “Sit - Stand - Sit - Stand - Sit - Stand - Come s...
Sep 06, 2012 | 0 | 10 |
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Ki Tavo, Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8 This week’s Torah portion begins with the instructions for personal tithing. The “first fruits” of the harvest of ground vegetation (onions, garlic, lettuce, etc.) ...
Aug 30, 2012 | 0 | 8 |
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Ki Tzeitzei, Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19 The world is built through kindness … — Psalm 89:3 Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. — Plato When I was young, I admired clever p...
Aug 23, 2012 | 0 | 9 |
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Shofetim, Deuteronomy 16:18-21:19 If we had a top 10 list of popular teachings from Torah, the line from this week’s Torah portion would certainly qualify. It might even make the top five. In set...
Aug 16, 2012 | 0 | 8 |
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Reeh Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17 And God said in Deuteronomy 12:8, “You shall not continue to act as you have done so far, everyone doing what is right in her/his own sight.” But then how should we a...
Aug 09, 2012 | 0 | 8 |
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Ekev, Deuteronomy 7:1 Do you remember your first love? The one from high school or junior high whom you thought you would be with forever? For most of us, that story didn’t come true. We learn ...
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V’Etchanan, Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11
I am writing these comments from a small faculty bedroom at the Union for Reform Judaism’s (URJ) Camp Harlam in the Poconos. Harlam is one of 13 camps in th...