Tag: Ki Savo

  • Pulse of the Parsha – Ki Savo 5786

    Trembling and the Table In chapter 34 of Moby Dick, Herman Melville describes two dining rooms aboard Captain Ahab’s whaling ship, the Pequod. At Ahab’s table, the officers sit in near-paralyzed silence: “They were as little children before Ahab… their intent eyes all fastened upon the old man’s knife… I…

  • Rebbetzin’s Reflection Ki Savo

    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…