Moses

Unlike in Herzl’s France, Israel’s stability is provided by that secret formula planted in Deuteronomy by Moses: Political delegation.

The Land of Israel, like all the goods of this world, is God’s gift, but the people must still fight to deserve it.

In this week’s Torah portion, we continue reading Moses’s final speeches, addresses meant to prepare the Jewish nation for entering, conquering and living in Israel.

The Torah is insistent that no human is perfect, and it is in the rough and tumble of daily life that we show our spiritual striving.

In this week’s parasha, Devarim, Moses focused on the years when the Jewish nation wandered in the desert and on the trials and tribulations they experienced there.

From this week's Torah portion, Parashat Pinhas, we learn from Moses that a leader puts his ego aside. Moses’s first concern is for Israel, not for himself.

We learn from this week's Torah portion, parashat Pinhas, a plurality of opinions is a godly phenomenon.

Moses says that he is not a man of “d’varim” – the Hebrew term he uses for “words.” God nonetheless insists Moses be the leader of Israel. And the lesson begins.

This week’s parasha shows us several different kinds of speech illustrate a range of values expressed in language.

After about a year of camping near Mount Sinai, the children of Israel began moving toward the Promised Land.