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In the eighth section of the Book of Deuteronomy, Moses begins his third and final farewell address to the Jewish people, which he delivered on the day he would die, the 7th of Adar, 2448. He opens his address by telling the people that they are all stand...

This Torah reading contains the verse: “You will return to G‑d your L‑rd and heed His voice.” Maimonidesunderstands this verse as a description of what will take place in the future. Our translation follows that interpretation, i.e., after the Jews will b...

This Torah reading is always read before Rosh HaShanah. As the High Holidays approach, the question raised at the end of the following story is something for all of us to ponder. “I was in the midst of teaching a class,” relates Rabbi Shabtai Slavaticki, ...

One Rosh HaShanah, Reb Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev felt uplifted. He sensed that his prayers and his sounding of the shofar had been uniquely inspired. A heavenly echo interrupted his thoughts: “In a far-away Russian village, there is a congregation whose...

I.And also Chai Elul, the birthday of “the two great luminaries, the Baal Shem Tov {5458 (1698)} and the Alter Rebbe {5505 (1745)}.” “For this mitzvah which I command you today is not wondrous... nor is it distant. It is not in heaven... nor is it across ...

Nitzavim is the Sidra invariably read before Rosh Hashanah, and it begins with Moses’ address to the Jewish people, “You are standing today, all of you, before the L-rd your G-d….” This invocation is both general and specific. It mentions the individual c...

The TargumTargum Onkelos ; similarly in Targum Yonasan. renders the phrase in the portion of Nitzavim “G-d will circumcise your heart,”Devarim 30:6. to mean “the foolishness of your heart.” The Targum does so to forestall the following question: “Circumci...

The Torah portion of Nitzavim is always read on the Shabbos before Rosh HaShanah.See Likkutei Torah, Devarim, p. 44a. The reason for this is that every Shabbos is related to and encompasses the days of the coming week. Thus the phrase “You stand ‘today…’ ...

In the Torah portion Nitzavim we read:Devarim 30:1-2. “There shall come a time when you shall experience all the words of blessing and curse that I have presented to you, and you will reflect on the situation… You will then return to G-d your L-rd… with a...

The Torah portion of Nitzavim begins by relating how Moshe assembled the Jewish people on the day of his demiseRashi , beginning of the Torah portion. , and had them “brought into the covenant of G-d … so that He establish (hakim) you today as His nation....