Maharal – Torah for the 21st Century by Rabbi Ariel Stone

Shabbat Ki Tavo: You Need Ritual

וְהָיָה֙ כִּֽי־תָב֣וֹא אֶל־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁר֙ ה’ אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לְךָ֖ נַחֲלָ֑ה וִֽירִשְׁתָּ֖הּ וְיָשַׁ֥בְתָּ בָּֽהּ When you come into the land that your God ‘ה is giving you as a heritage, and you possess it and settle in it (Deut. 26.1) The start of this week’s parashah records a very early (as far as our evidence goes) exampleContinue reading “Shabbat Ki Tavo: You Need Ritual”

Shabbat Bereshit 5774: Take a Bite

This is very simply a photograph of an apple I bought at an Israeli grocery store. The sticker on it it what makes it priceless: Bereshit (“Genesis”) / taam Gan Eden (“the taste of the Garden of Eden”) The term Bereshit is the name of an Israeli fruit produce company. The word eden is related to the HebrewContinue reading “Shabbat Bereshit 5774: Take a Bite”