Parashas Bereishis, Issue #918 – By Pinchas Winston Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat? (Bereishis 3:11) TESHUVA IS ALWAYS necessary. Torah expects perfection. Man is imperfect. Teshuva—repentance—fills the gap. Torah teaches us the right way to live. Life shows us how to stray from it. God revealed…

Parashas HaAzinu, Issue #917 – By Pinchas Winston My lesson will drip like rain; my word will flow like dew; like storm winds on vegetation and like raindrops on grass. (Devarim 32:2) THERE IS ONLY one type of criticism, but two kinds of people to “receive” it. There is the person who “hears” it, and…

Parashas Vayailech, Issue #916 – By Pinchas Winston And Moshe went, and he spoke the following words to all Israel. (Devarim 31:1) WHEN A PERSON goes to court in the world of people, it is usually perfectly clear why to all parties involved. They know the basis of the court case, and what it means…

Parashas Nitzavim, Issue #915 – By Pinchas Winston But not only with you am I making this covenant and this oath, but with those standing here with us today before God, our God, and [also] with those who are not here with us, this day. (Devarim 29:13-14) TALK ABOUT BEING born into servitude! At least…

Parashas Ki Savo, Issue #914 – By Pinchas Winston And it will be, if you do not obey God, your God, to observe to fulfill all His commandments and statutes which I am commanding you this day, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you. (Devarim 28:15) IT IS HARD not to…