This week’s Torah portion (Parashat Eikev – Deut. 7:12ff.) opens with the words: “And it shall be, because you will listen to these judgments and keep and perform them, that the LORD your God will ...

Are we too emotionally invested in cultural icons? Should we be insulted by a decision of the board of Unilever/Ben & Jerry’s? The recent corporate decision to discontinue sales of Ben & Jerry’s ice ...

This week's Torah reading, Parashat Eikev, continues with the second of Moses' three farewell discourses to his beloved nation, in which he recounts the salient events of the last forty years of ...

“It will be, as a result of your hearkening to these ordinances, and your guarding and doing them – HaShem your G-d will guard the Covenant and the loving-kindness for you, as He swore to your fathers ...

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As Rabbi Saperstein says, the meaning of the verse within its context is, “You don’t need bread, you can survive physically on something else. That’s very different from what we assume it to mean.” ...