No Free Rides - Parshat Eikev

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No Free Rides: Parshat Eikev

The Shema contains fundamental beliefs about G‑d, Torah and mitzvot. But much of the second paragraph repeats the first. Why the need for this repetition?

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Effort, Shema, Eikev

By Chana Weisberg

Chana Weisberg is the editor of TheJewishWoman.org. She lectures internationally on issues relating to women, relationships, meaning, self-esteem and the Jewish soul. She is the author of six books. Her latest book, Shabbat Delights, is a two-volume series on the weekly Torah portion.

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Do Not Post--Rock Lyrics August 21, 2024

The mountain is high, the valley is low
And you're confused 'bout which to go
So I flew in to give you a hand
And lead you into, the promised land

Come on and take a free ride
Free ride
Come on and take it by my side
Come on and take a free ride!

All over the country, I'm seeing the same
Nobody's winning, at this type of game
We gotta do better, it's time to begin
You know all the answers
Must come from within Reply

Hersh N. Goldman Swampscott, MA August 8, 2017

I loved the colorful art-work image accompanying the "No Free Rides" article. Is it a photo-image from an actual stained glass window or is it the art-work of an artist done exclusively for the article. Who is the artist? If the artist is willing to work with "Chabad.org" it would be a good idea to have a blakck & white line drawing of the image printed for hard-copy distribution as part of a creative artistic expression project. There could be a picture of the "full color" image (for inspiration) and reproductions of the "coloring book-Black&White" image (for creativity) allowing the customer to create from it his/her own color-scheme creation. The stained glass image is a natural media-theme for such a coloring-book-project because of the heavy-black lines separating the manifold-areas that can be filled in with any variety of flatly- applied colors. Reply