PARASHA PERSPECTIVE

BY JACK E. RAHMEY
FROM THE TEACHINGS AND GUIDANCE OF RABBI AMRAM SANANES

BRING A FRESH PERSPECTIVE TO YOUR SHABBAT TABLE.

LEARN NEW LIFE LESSONS FROM AGE-OLD AND CURRENT STORIES.

STIMULATING TORAH CONVERSATIONS.

ENGAGE YOUR FAMILY IN STIMULATING CONVERSATION.

Parashat Ki Tavo

Dedicated in Honor of my wife Alice by Isaac Sitton Parashat Ki Tavo This week’s Parsha contains the Mitzvah of Bikkurim – the Mitzvah of bringing the first produce from one’s crops to Yerushalayim. The Mishnah tells us that as Jews from the towns and farms made their journey to Yerushalaim carrying the Bikkurim, delegations of elders from the cities on the way would come out to greet them with praises to Hashem. When they would reach the gates of Yerushalaim additional verse

Parashat Ki Tesse’

Dedicated in Honor of Raquel & David’s Wedding by Renee & Simon Abadi Parashat Ki Tesse’ This week’s Perashah starts off with the Pasuk… Ki tesse’ la’milhamha al oy’vecha untano hashem elokecha beyadecha v’shavita shivyo. "If you go out to war against your enemies, and the Lord, your God, will deliver him into your hands, and you take his captives…". The Zohar Hakadosh interprets this Pasuk as referring to the internal war a person wages on a daily basis with his Yetzer Hara

Perashat Shof’tim

Dedicated for a Refuah Shelemah for Esther Bat Tziporah Perashat Shof’tim The first Pasuk in Shof’tim begins with these words: "Shof’tim ve shot’rim titen lecha be’chol shearecha asher Hashem elokecha noten lecha lishvatecha veshaf’tu et ha'am mishpat tzedek." The literal translation is:"Judges and officers shall you appoint in all your cities, which Hashem, your G-d, gives you, for your tribes." Rambam sounds an alarm in his comment on this passage. He explains that if not f

Parashat Ve'etchanan

Dedicated in Honor of my wife Vivian by Jack Shamosh Imir Perashat Ekev This week’s Perashah opens with the words… vehaya ekev tishmeun et ha’mishpatim ha’eleh. "This shall be the reward when you hearken to these ordinances." According to the Midrash, since the word Ekev also means the heel of a foot, these commandments allude to the sort of injunctions that people may consider unimportant. In other words, these are Mitzvot that people may think they can tread on with their h

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