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God may hide, but He is always here Let me begin with a story about what happened to us last week. San Salvador draws its water from the Lempa River, about 100 km from here, through a system of pipelines that run up the San Salvador volcano, serving approximately 1.8 million people. When we open […]
Nitzavim Vayelech 5784 from 5777 The Shofar Shall Sound Soon! This is a double parashah, approaching the end of the Book of Deuteronomy and close to the entrance of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. We can sense a heaviness in the air during this month of Elul before the Fall Festivals. Our sages have made […]
My Way or God’s Way? As I read Deuteronomy 29 and 30 in Parashat Nitzavim, I stood back in order to see the bigger picture, as our rabbi taught us, and it occurred to me that these verses hold the key to understanding the entire Torah. Throughout the 40 years in the wilderness, God repeated […]
6 Tishrei 5783 What does it mean “ To Fear God”? To hear recorded message, click on: https://youtu.be/nqwfnFw1AE8 The context of this parashah, according to our sages, is that it takes place on the last day of Moshe’s life on this physical plane. He is aware that he is going to die that very day, […]
Is it a Sin or a Crime? This is the intermediary Shabbat between Yom Teruah and Yom Kippur. Vayelech is very short but full of meat and meaning. Moshe is reminding us that at 120 years of age he won’t be allowed to enter the Promised Land with his children. How difficult that must have […]
“Strengthen your Weak Hands and make firm the tottering knees.” 16 Elul 5780 By Alejandro Alvarado: Before these holidays, we read this double portion that we studied before Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Our Creator reaffirms His covenant by speaking to His people in the merits of Abraham, Isaac and Yaakov, reminding them of the […]
6 Tishrei 5777 פרשת וַיֵּלֶךְ We are at a very important time of the year, the ten intermediary days between Rosh Hashanah or Yom Teruah and Yom Kippur. We call these days Yamim Norayim, the awesome days or Yamim Teshuva, the days of returning to God. This parashah is very short but filled with meat […]
Is it a sin or a crime? 6 Tishrei 5777 The Creator has given each of us “bechira chofshi” free will. This means that we are responsible for our own actions. Today however in this world, we have eliminated the idea of “sin” and replaced it with the notion of “crime”. This causes our society […]
