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 Nitzavim/Rosh Hashanah

Dedicated Le’ilui Nishmat Moshe Ben Zakiya by Rachel and Alan Fallas Parashat Nitzavim/Rosh Hashanah Still Standing The parasha begins with the passuk: "Atem nitzavim hayom kull'achem lifnei Hashem Elokechem. – You are standing today, all of you, before Hashem your God." Moshe is telling B'nei Yisrael: “You made it! You came through the desert for 40 years and you reached your destination! Israel is just beyond the Jordan River.” Rashi presents a midrash that explains why Mos

Parashat Ki Tavo

Dedicated in Honor of Linda and Joey Sayegh by Their Parents Pamela and Abe Sayegh Parashat Ki Tavo Bikkurim – First Fruits This week’s parasha contains the mitzvah of Bikkurim – 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

Parashat Ki Tetzeh

Dedicated Le'Ilui Nishmat Abraham Ben Esther by His Son Joey Gindi Parashat Ki Tetzeh This week’s parasha starts off with the passuk, “Ki tetzeh lamilhama al oyvecha untano Hashem elokecha beyadecha veshavita shivyo — If you go out to war against your enemy, and Hashem, your G-d, delivers him into your hands, and you take his captives.” The Zohar Hakadosh interprets this passuk as referring to the internal war a person wages on a daily basis with his yetzer hara (evil inclina

Parashat Shoftim

Dedicated in Honor of My Wife Susan by Lou Massry Parashat Shoftim The first passuk in Shoftim begins with these words: “Shoftim veshotrim titen lecha bechol shearecha asher Hashem elokecha noten lecha.” The literal translation is: “Judges and officers shall you appoint in all your [city] gates, which Hashem, your G-d, gives you.” Rambam sounds an alarm in his comment on this passage. He explains that if not for these laws and people’s respect for them, and without judges to

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