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Torah is limitless and is therefore immeasurable. Something significant is
not forgotten, like the names of one’s wife and children. Torah should be
paramount in our lives. Therefore, we should never forget it.
A great scientist claims that it is dangerous to live on Earth. But he never
tasted the sweet taste of Torah, so he cannot fathom that “better one
hour… in this world than the entire life of the World to Come.”
I once sat next to a priest on a flight. He sought physical pleasures in a
most shameful way. In contrast, “Who is like Your people, Israel, a unique
nation on earth?!”
“When you are in distress and all these things
have befallen you, at the end of days, you will
return unto Hashem, your G-d, and hearken to
His voice”
(Devarim 4:30)
“One who covers an offense seeks love; but
one who harps on the matter alienates a ruler
[from himself]”
(Mishlei 17:9)
Why did Moshe place the blame for his sin at Mei Merivah on the
shoulders of Bnei Yisrael? Why does parashat Va’etchanan open with
Moshe’s request to enter Eretz Yisrael and Hashem’s subsequent refusal?
Wouldn’t it have been more appropriate to begin with the magnificent
The pasuk says, “But you who cling to Hashem.” How can a person cling event of Matan Torah, instead of mentioning it later in the parashah?
to Hashem, Who is an all-consuming fire? We are obligated to emulate Hashem arranged for Moshe to sin at Mei Merivah in order to prevent him
His middot. It is still difficult to understand how we can be expected to from entering Eretz Yisrael. Hashem knew that Bnei Yisrael would sin in
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