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- Written by: Rabbi Jonathan Kraus
For the week of September 8th, 2012
Parashat Ki Tavo
(Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8)
Among the most striking features of Ki Tavo is the dramatic ritual (see Deut. 27) that the Israelites are commanded to enact once they cross the Jordan River. While the exact details are subject to interpretation (and debate),* Moses explains that...
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- Written by: Rabbi Jonathan Kraus
For the week of September 1st, 2012
Parashat Ki Teytze
(Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19)
Among the amazing assortment of mitzvot (commandments) taught in this week’s Torah portion, we find the following instruction: “If, along the road, you chance upon a bird’s nest, in any tree or on the ground, with fledglings...
