“Oops. Good point; didn’t think of that.” – Moshe “Me either. The women are right. Give them what they want.” – HaShem Where does the idea that there is any such thing as an all-powerful, all-knowing, all-seeing deity come from? Certainly not our Torah; this week’s parashah is one of many that show this. TheContinue reading “Shabbat Pinhas: The Partial Nature of Knowing”
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Shabbat Balak: Some of My Best Friends are Anti-Zionists
Heading into the Three Weeks in 5784 וּמִפְּנֵי חֲטָאֵינוּ גָּלִינוּ מֵאַרְצֵנוּ – because of our sins we were exiled from our homeland. (Rambam, order of prayer, 3.6) מַה־טֹּ֥בוּ אֹהָלֶ֖יךָ יַעֲקֹ֑ב מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶ֖יךָ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ – How fair are your tents, O Jacob, Your dwellings, O Israel! (from this week’s parashah) Rashi: How goodly are they even whenContinue reading “Shabbat Balak: Some of My Best Friends are Anti-Zionists”
Torah for the 21st Century by Rabbi Ariel Stone 