Ekev – His Testing
In this Torah portion, Patrick Shannon looks at how YHVH tests us in Deuteronomy 8, His reasons for discipline, the perspective of a father with his children, our response, and the intended goal of it all.
Jerusalem Post
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- Prosbul, Chabad and the Lubavitcher Rebbe: Legal loopholes in JudaismEven if there was no financial need for a prosbul, there was spiritual valence to its execution because it reflected fidelity to rabbinic tradition and affiliation with the legacy of Chabad's founder
- Yom Kippur: A snowy day at the laundromatIsaiah depicts two very different metaphors for whitening our red sins – snow and laundered wool. How do these two metaphors illustrate the experience of repentance?
Ariel Apparel
