This week's Torah reading, Parashat Eikev, continues with the second of Moses' three farewell discourses to his beloved nation, in which he recounts the salient events of the last forty years of ...

This week’s Torah portion (Parashat Eikev – Deut. 7:12ff.) opens with the words: “And it shall be, because you will listen to these judgments and keep and perform them, that the LORD your God will ...

“It will be, as a result of your hearkening to these ordinances, and your guarding and doing them – HaShem your G-d will guard the Covenant and the loving-kindness for you, as He swore to your fathers ...

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Our guest this week is Rabbi Robert Dobrusin of the Temple Beth Israel congregation in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Rabbi Dobrusin has served as Rabbi at Beth Israel since 1988. He received his B.A. in Near ...

Although we may live lives dedicated to following the commandments of the Torah, the core question of “What does God ask of us?” is posed by Moses. He offers the following answer: “Only to fear and ...

Parshat Eikev, this week’s Torah portion, warns against a very different collapse. It warns against Jews becoming too culturally comfortable with the pagan residents of Israel. They will begin to ...