“What day is it?” “It’s today,” squeaked Piglet. “My favorite day,” said Pooh.   ― A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh   After hearing the sound of the shofar on Rosh

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans”. — John Lennon, “Beautiful Boy” Moshe’s days are ending and, as his passionate words to his beloved people

Perashat Ki Tabo opens with a unique mitzvah that we have not been able to fulfill for 2,000 years. G-d asks us to bring our first fruits grown in the

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler”.— Albert Einstein  Reality is complex. The subtleties presented to us in our daily lives are often more than we

Don’t take bribes, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and make crooked the path of the righteous. (16:19) Faithfulness and integrity are essential ingredients for building an ethical life.

“For I did not speak to your fathers on the day that I freed them from Egypt about offerings and sacrifices.” (Yirmiyah 7:22)  There are points in Moshe’s swan song

“To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of

Many religions teach that to serve G-d properly one must sacrifice one’s life for G-d. This week’s parasha tells us that doing so would be a colossal mistake. Early on,

The book of Devarim is different from the other books of the Torah in that rather than being G-d’s words, it is comprised mainly of Moshe’s own words

There are times during our yearly readings when we might wonder why the Torah provides us with certain information. This week part of the parasha is comprised of a listing