Almost Eden

BS"D Parshiot Netzavim-Va’yaylech last readings of 5770 Our parasha relates (Devarim 31:16) And the LORD said to Moshe: "You will lie down to rest with your fathers and rise up, [then] this nation will follow the foreign gods of the land they are… more »

DVAR TORAH: WHERE MOSHE WENT, WE, TOO MUST GO! RABBI S.WEISS As in most years, the parshiyot of Nitzavim and Veyelech are combined on this Shabbat, the final Shabbat of year 5770. What is it that connects them? I suggest that there is one primary… more »

BS"D Parashat Ki Tavo 5770 Our parasha lays down the details of the bikurim mitzva. The growers of any of the seven species of flora which are indigenous to the Holy Land bring samples of them to the Bet Hamikdash where they are placed down on the low… more »

DVAR TORAH: SOMETHING TO CONSIDER RABBI S. WEISS Sandwiched around the Blessings & Curses in the center of this week’s parsha is a walk through Jewish history. The Torah bids us to “take stock” and to remember how it is we got to where we are,… more »

BS"D Parashat Ki Tetze 5770This week’s message is dedicated to two Octogenarians plus (may they live to 120 years) - Mrs. Feige (Fran) Rudman, Rav Natan and Rachel Lobel's mother-in-law and mother respectively, who has come on Aliya; and Mrs. Leah Ra… more »

DVAR TORAH: THE BOUNTIFUL BLANKRABBI S. WEISSFor (too many) centuries, much of the Torah existed only in the abstract. Many Mitzvot applied only in Israel, or when there was a Bet HaMikdash, a King, a Kohen Gadol etc, and could perhaps be studied,… more »

B"D Parashat Shoftim 5770 The underlying theme of our parasha is the establishment of an ordered Torah society and its religious and social elements. Among the parasha’s mitzvot - local and national courts of law and the requirement to accept their… more »

DVAR TORAH: THE POSTMAN COMETHRABBI S. WEISS“Tzedek, Tzedek Tirdof - Justice, justice you shall pursue….”So begins a long section of our Sedra emphasizing the moral imperative to pro-actively seek righteousness, the path of Truth, & justice… more »

BS"D Parashat Re’ai 5770 In the parasha, Moshe turns to the nation and says (Devarim 10:11-13): And the LORD said unto me: 'Arise, go before the people, causing them to set forward, that they may go in and possess the land, which I swore unto thei… more »

DVAR TORAH: LOVE IS THE OPENING DOOR RABBI S. WEISS Our Sedra is truly eclectic: It talks about Life & Death, the supremacy of the Land of Israel, the laws of Kashrut, the Jewish holidays, idolatry, tzedaka, sh’mita & much more. But what c… more »