Devarim
CategoryA Midrash for Monday (#14)/Rosh HaShanah-Yom Kippur
A Midrash for Monday (#14) This one is especially appropriate for Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur and the days in between. Actually, it’s good to have this one handy all the time! The prophet Yeshayahu says, “Seek God when He is present” (Isaiah 55:6), but King David (Yeshayau’s multiple-great-grandfather) says, “Seek God and His might; seek … Continue Reading
Bouncing Back—and Forward
Dvar Torah for Parshat Netzavim-VaYelekh Bouncing Back—and Forward “You are standing here today… (Deuteronomy 29:9). Rashi comments: “Like ‘today’ which is, which gets dark and which shines, [God] has shone on you in the past and will shine on you in the future. The curses and the suffering [of Deuteronomy 28] maintain and sustain you.* … Continue Reading
A Midrash for Monday (#12)
A Midrash for Monday (#12) I won’t say that there is more to share than usual. I will say that I am perceiving more so I can share more. We’ll start with a piece about the perhaps somewhat surprising preciousness of prayer and what adds to prayer’s strength. “This very day God is commanding you … Continue Reading
A Midrash for Monday (#10)
A Midrash for Monday “Appoint for yourselves judges and police in all your gates, for your tribes … They will judge the people mishpat tzedek (fairly; literally, with charitable justice)” (Deuteronomy 16:18). “In all your gates” means in every city. “For your tribes” teaches us that even if all the people in the city are … Continue Reading


















