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R' Feldman's Derasha - Parashat Eikev (August 24, 2019)

08/27/2019 11:20:08 AM

Aug27

The Parasha has extraordinary focus on the land of Israel, but the point has a lot of relevance to us right here too.

Children at SPHDS learn how to make Berachot regularly on whatever they eat.  They also learn how to negotiate a plate full of various fruits, and how to figure out which fruit gets the honor of being blessed.  To figure that out, they learn a verse in this week’s Parasha, which lists the fruits of the...Read more...

R' Feldman's Derasha - Parashat Vaetchanan (August 17, 2019)

08/20/2019 11:18:51 AM

Aug20

Sometimes, I concentrate on a single verse and it seems like I’m making a lot out of what seems kind of obscure.  This week, it might be one verse, but it’s pretty obvious how prominent it is. This is what we say every time the Torah is read.  When we pick it up, we recite, V’Zot HaTorah Asher Sam Moshe Liftei Bnei Yisrael -- this is the Torah Moshe placed before the Jewish people.  Some point their fingers and some...Read more...

R' Feldman's Derasha - Parashat Devarim (August 10, 2019)

08/13/2019 11:17:23 AM

Aug13

I mentioned the serendipity of the placement of the double Parasha last week in the way it emphasizes the importance of Eretz Yisrael.  The timing is also explained by the need to make sure this week’s Parasha always comes out before Tisha B’Av is observed. We hear Moshe Rabenu retell the story of the spies, which originally culminated in a disaster on  this day, on Tisha B’Av.  

The book of Devarim is Moshe...Read more...

R' Feldman's Derasha - Parashat Matot-Masei (August 3, 2019)

08/06/2019 11:14:58 AM

Aug6

Jews in Israel and the diaspora finally come together this week in reading the same Parasha.  It’s been about 15 weeks since the end of Pesach, when we first got separated. We’ve skipped many chances to catch up, many Parashiot which are indeed sometimes together and sometimes not.  But we in the diaspora did not read them together until now.    

The short reason for this is that the reading schedule...Read more...

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