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Parshat Re'eh
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in this week's parsha the mitzvah of giving Ma'aser. The pasuk states (Chapter 14, Pasuk 22), Aser Te'Aser es Kol Tevua's Zaracha, take one tenth of all the produce of your land. In the very next pasuk we read, V'Achalta Lifnei Hashem Elokecha Bamakom Asher Yivchar...Le'Ma'an Tilmad L'Yirah Read more...
Parshat Va'eschanan 5777
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in this week's parsha the Aseres HaDibros. This is the second time the Ten Commandments are recorded in the Torah. The first time is in parshat Yisro when Bnei Yisrael received the Torah. There are a few subtle distinctions in the Aseres HaDibros between the two parshiyot, most prominent amo Read more...
Parshat Shoftim 5777
Rabbi Jablinowitz
This week's parsha begins with the words Shoftim V'Shotrim Titen Lecha Bechol She'arecha. You shall place Shoftim, judges, and Shotrim, those who enforce the judgment, in all your gates. Rashi explains Bechol She'arecha to mean in each and every city. The Sfas Emes teaches that there is significanc Read more...
Parshat Ki Tetze 5777
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in the beginning of this week's parsha about the Yefas To'ar. The Torah gives us specific instructions for how a man may take a non-Jewish woman captured in the midst of a war. Though in regular circumstances this woman is prohibited to him, during wartime and when done according to the Tora Read more...
