Eikev archive
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What’s the best advice you can give to a good person? D’var Torah for Parshat Eikev.
What’s the best advice you can give to a good person? I’ll tell you the answer that the prophet Isaiah gives. In the Haftarah for Parshat Eikev, he declares ‘Shim’u Read more... -
Eikev: Why did the rebbe ask for a cigar?
Transcript Why did the rebbe ask for a cigar? In Parshat Eikev, we are told how Hashem is continuously concerned about the land of Israel (Devarim 11:12): “mereishit hashanah ad Read more... -
Eikev: How not to confuse your children
Transcript: Do we sometimes unfairly confuse our children? It is possible, for example, that at school, a child is given direction and inspiration but that child comes home to find Read more... -
Eikev: A healthy fear of Hashem
Transcript God demands that we should all fear Him. But is it possible then, for us to have a healthy relationship with Him? In Parshat Eikev, Moshe brings the word Read more... -
D’var Torah: Eikev
A change in the order provides a major lesson for all time! A change in the order presents us with a crucially important lesson for life. Last Shabbat, Parshat Va’etchanan, Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Eikev
Like the greatest music… Musicians are luckier than Rabbis That was a point of view presented to me in a conversation I recently had with an international recording artist who Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Eikev
In this week’s D’var Torah for Eikev, the Chief Rabbi explains why we read the paragraphs of the Shema in the order that we do. The order is all wrong! Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Eikev
In his D’var Torah this week, the Chief Rabbi highlights that there is no Mitzvah in the Torah for us to recite a blessing before we eat our food. There Read more... -
D’var Torah: Parashat Eikev
When people call you ‘a chip off the old block’, would you believe that the precedent for this phrase lies in this week’s haftarah? In his D’var Torah for this Read more...
