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Weekly Torah Portion: Re'eh - "The Secret of Seeing" - seeing G-d's hand in all that comes our way - both the blessing and the curse - and creating real good out of the apparent bad. Re'eh (Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17) Parashat Re'eh is read on Shabbat: Menachem Av 29, 5768/August 30, 2008 - see more at: www.templeinstitute.org/
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Did you ever wonder just what G-d requires? "And now, Israel, what does HaShem your G-d require of you, but to fear HaShem your G-d, to walk in all His ways..." (Deuteronomy 10:12) The fear of G-d - the starting point for serving G-d. Eikev (Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25) Parashat Eikev is read on Shabbat: Menachem Av 22, 5768/August 23, 2008 - More info at: www.templeinstitute.org
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"Hear O Israel - the L-rd our G-d, the L-rd is one." (Deuteronomy 6:4) This is the central article of Jewish faith and commitment. But how does one conduct oneself in such a way as to exemplify the totality of G-d's oneness? We learn what declaring G-d's unity is all about from Rabbi Akiva. Ve'etchanan (Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11) - Parashat Ve'etchanan is read on Shabbat: Menachem Av 15, 5768/August 16, 2008 - source: www.templeinstitute.org
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We know how politicians and political journalists view the State of Israel. But what of God's views?
Are the issues confronting the Jewish State fundamentally political or fundamentally, well . . . Jewish? Commenting on the verse from Deuteronomy 1:44, Rashi writes: "Just as the bee dies immediately upon stinging a person, so too the Amorites died immediately upon touching you." (Cf. Rashi to Deuteronomy 25:18) Can the Israeli Jew fail to remember this "bee" when confronted with the suicidal...
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"NO BODY" film based on Rabbi Moses Maimonides' Commentary on the Mishna: THE THIRD ROOT is that He is not physical. This means believing that God is no body and that His powers are not physical.
. . . The prophet says, "To whom can you compare Me? To what am I equal? says the Holy One." (Isaiah 40:25) If He would be a physical body, He would be comparable to physical bodies. In all places where the Holy Scriptures speak of Him in physical terms, as walking, standing, sitting, speaking and...
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