The Effects of Giving Why is this name of this portion "Terumah" (lit. "donation") when the main point of the portion is what the…
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Ki Savo
Are You Proud of Your Sins? In this week's Torah portion, a word appears twice that has no exact parallel in Scripture: "he'emarta" and "he'emircha" in…
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Va'eschanan
Mind Control, Heart Control The Torah describes the mitzvah of the arm Tefilin as an action ("you shall bind them... on your arm") whereas…
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Matos
The Power of Positive Words This week's reading tells us how the tribe of Reuven conquered land from the Emorites and renamed their cities. What…