Tag: reeh
Parshas Reeh: Give With Faith
A person who gives charity dolefully or begrudgingly demonstrates that his faith is somewhat wanting and he has not fully fulfilled the mitzvah of giving charity.
Redeeming Relevance: Parshat Reeh: The Taste for Blood and the Imperative of Relevance
Is the Torah to be read exactly as the Jews who received it would have, or, is it actually to be read in a contemporary way that can't possibly be the same as those who first received the Torah?
Still A Nation That Dwells Alone (Continued from Last Week)
If we regard pain and suffering as mere coincidence, we will feel no motivation to examine our lives
Defining Reality
Culture is not nature. There are causes in nature, but only in culture are there meanings.
Adding And Subtracting From The Torah
Rabbinic law is pivotal but it's important to understand which laws are rabbinic and which biblical.
Re’eh: Jewish Slavery
We give slave gifts? If he wants to stay, we pierce his ear?!