Parashas Re’eh, Issue #858 – By Pinchas Winston See, I set before you today a blessing and a curse . . .(Devarim 11:26) WHEN WE REACH Parashas Re’eh, I can really feel Rosh Hashanah breathing down my neck. I think it also has to with the fact that the parsha itself is very Rosh…
Parashas Aikev, Issue #857 – By Pinchad Winston If you listen to these judgments and observe and do them, then God, your God, will keep the covenant and kindness with you which He made with your fathers. (Devarim 7:12) MANY THINGS IN Judaism seem to be a two-edged sword. For instance, it is a…
Parashas VaEschanan, Issue #856 – By Pinchas Winston And I pleaded to God at that time, “God, you have begun to shown Your servant Your greatness, and Your strong hand . . .” (Devarim 3:23-24) IT IS POINTED out that the gematria of the word, “vaeschanan,” which means “I pleaded,” is 515. This is…
Parashas Devarim-Shabbos Chazon, Issue #855 – By Pinchas Winston How can I carry you as a burden by myself, with the trouble you cause, and your fighting? (Devarim 1:12) THE FIGHT FOR life is the fight for spiritual sensitivity. Everything good about a person flows from that. This is evident from all of history,…
Parashas Mattos-Massey, Issue #854 – By Pinchas Winston The Children of Israel took all the women of Midian captive with their children, and looted all their animals, their livestock, and all their property. (Bamidbar 31:9) WE ARE WELL into the Three Weeks now, Kabbalistically, and often historically, the most dangerous time of the year…
