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Rebbetzin’s Reflection Ki Savo
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The joy of grounded gratitude After generations of waiting, Bnei Yisrael finally entered Eretz Yisrael. This was a dream for generations. The parsha starts with Bikkurim: The farmer brings his first fruits and declares: “הִגַּדְתִּי הַיּוֹם לַה׳ אֱלֹקיךָ כִּי בָאתִי אֶל הָאָרֶץ…” “I declare today… that I have come to…
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Pulse of the Parsha – Ki Seitzei
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The Danger of Deserving: Disappointment and Destruction Office politics have a long history. In Shakespeare’s Othello, the antagonist Iago serves as literature’s classic example of revenge sparked by being passed over for a promotion. Believing he was rightfully owed the position of lieutenant, Iago is enraged when Othello promotes Michael…
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Pulse of the Parsha – Shoftim
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Measuring Motivations: Morality, Misdeeds, and the Month of Elul The prohibition against accepting a bribe is not one of the Torah’s laws that anyone accuses of irrelevance. This week, the WSJ reported that since rising to power in 2012, Chinese paramount leader and president Xi Jinping has disciplined more than…
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Rebbitzen’s Reflection
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Parshas Shoftim: A Different Kind of Strength A Different Kind of Strength When I traveled to Israel in November 2023 with a group of rebbitzens and lay leaders, in the aftermath of the unfathomable, we knew we wanted to do anything we could to help. Truthfully, we also knew there…