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Rebbetzin’s Reflection Ki Teitzei
Everything is Awesome…sometimes! “Ki teitzei” When you go out.(Devarim 21:10) Ki Teitzei does not promise that life will stay predictable. Its opening words, “when you go out,” recognize that life regularly takes us beyond the familiar. The parsha gives us a Torah response: expect the unexpected and, prepare for it.…
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Pulse of the Parsha – Shoftim
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
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…
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Rebbitzen’s Reflection
Parshas Re’eh: Seeing Clearly “See—I place before you today blessing and curse.” (Devarim 11:26) Moshe opens this week’s parsha with one powerful word: “Re’eh”—”See.” Moshe doesn’t begin by saying listen or understand. He says, see. Summer has a way of shifting our focus. With August here and Elul approaching, it’s…