Likkutei Sichot, Vol. 9: עקב (ב)

Last week and this, we read the first two Haftorot of “consolation,” two powerful passages from Isaiah which present a vision of hope and solace to Israel in the dark times of the loss of the Temple. A Midrashic source, however, tells us that there is a d...

The Torah portion of Eikev contains the second section of the Shema ,Devarim 11:13-21. which has many striking similarities to the first section, found in the preceding portion of Vaes’chanan.Ibid., 6:4-9. Nevertheless, differences exist between the two s...