Simchat Torah Chazal’s selection of the first chapter in sefer Yehoshua as the haftara for Simchat Torah is certainly understandable as it flows quite naturally

Yom Kippur “Kol makom she’ata motzeh g’dulato shel HaKadosh Baruch Hu—sham ata motzeh anvatanuto..” In Masechet Megilla (31a) Rabbi Yochanan teaches us: “Wherever you find

Parashat Nitzavim “Sos asis baShem! —I shall exult in God!” No longer do we hear how Hashem urged the prophets to comfort Israel. No longer

Parashat Ki Tavo As we begin to study this week’s haftarah, a selection taken from the 60th perek of sefer Yishayahu, we quickly realize that

Is there a difference between “belief” and “faith” or, as we would say in Hebrew, between “emunah” and “bitachon”? Generally, we use these two terms

Parashat Re’eh Shabbat Rosh Chodesh 8/27/22 “K’ish asher imo t’nachamehnu ken anochi anachemchem-uvirushalayim t’nuchamu.” This Shabbat, we observe the first day of Rosh Chodesh Elul

Parashat Eikev “Hal’ven me’ah shanah yivaled v’im Sarah—havat tish’im shana teiled?” (Breishit 17; 17). When Avraham was 70 years old, Hashem promised him that he

Parshat Va’etchanan Shabbat Nachamu “Nachamu, nachamu ami,” — Are there any better expressions of comfort to leave for a nation in mourning than the one

Parashat Devarim Shabbat Chazon The Navi Yishayahu begins this week’s haftarah (and therefore, his entire sefer) letting us know that, although at times, he addresses

The haftarah reading of Parshat Balak is a relatively short selection from Sefer Michah. The 17 pesukim that make up this week’s haftarah, seem to

This week’s haftarah requires no deep analysis to understand our rabbis’ choice of the 11th and 12th chapters of Shmuel Aleph for today’s haftarah. The

This week’s haftarah is taken from the second perek in Sefer Yehoshua which, interestingly, relates events that took place before those found in the first