Parashat Devarim (Deuteronomy 1:1–3:22) marks the beginning of Moses’ final address to the Children of Israel. Standing at the threshold of the Promised Land, Moses recounts the journey through the wilderness—not just as a historical review, but as a spiritual reflection. What stands out in this parashah is Moses’ tone of humility. Despite having led…
Posts from July 2026
A common quote from the new testament among believers is Romans 8:1 “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Yeshua.” This is usually stated to encourage us in our failures, but the sentence does not end there. It goes on to say “who do not walk according to the flesh, but…
There are Three Weeks that are an annual mourning period that falls out in the summer. The Three Weeks or Bein ha-Metzarim (Hebrew: בין המצרים, “Between the Straits”) (cf “dire straits”) is a period of mourning commemorating the destruction of the first and second Jewish Temples. This is when we mourn the destruction of the Holy Temple and our launch into a still-ongoing exile. The period…