yehoshua steinbergDec 31, 20179 minDevarim: Tofel or Bust! – Yehoshua SteinbergTophel or Bust! Abstract for Parashat Devarim Essay: The Torah relates that Moses spoke with the Israelites "between Paran and between...
yehoshua steinbergDec 30, 20173 minDevarim: The Number Eleven ~ Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinThe Number Eleven R. Yonah ibn Janach (990–1055) explains that ashtei-asar is a contraction of the words al (“on”) and shtei-asar...
Rabbi Tzvi AbrahamsDec 29, 20175 minDevarim: Giving Sound to the Silence ~ Tzvi AbrahamsParshas דְּבָרִים Giving Sound to the Silence דְּבָרִים: words דָבָר: thing מִדְבָּר: desert דְבִיר: Holy of Holies אַבְּרָא כְּדַבְּרָא:...
yehoshua steinbergNov 30, 201711 minVa'etchanan: Beware of Different Kinds of Guarding – Yehoshua SteinbergWe encounter an unexpected phenomenon in this week's portion: two derivatives of the same root, שמר (guarding), in a single verse,...