by Kim Troup | Aug 17, 2023 | Shabbat Shalom
Annointed Leaders must be Righteous In this week’s Torah portion, we read about the restrictions placed on a king of Israel. “But he shall not have many horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt in order to obtain many horses since G-d...
by Kim Troup | Aug 10, 2023 | Shabbat Shalom
Rejecting False Prophets This week’s portion includes a number of laws pertaining to people who exert an undue influence over others in order to sway them away from obeying God’s commandments. The first refers to a false prophet, the second to an individual who...
by Kim Troup | Aug 3, 2023 | Shabbat Shalom
Resisting Canaanite Influence This week’s portion is part of Moses’ second long speech to the nation, referred to as the speech of the commandments. It includes a great deal of instruction, both with regard to specific commandments and with regard to the...
by Kim Troup | Jul 20, 2023 | Shabbat Shalom
The Promise of Redemption after Exile In this portion we begin the final book of the Five Books of Moses, the Book of Deuteronomy. The Children of Israel are in the final weeks or months before their entrance into the Land of Israel. Moses is approaching the final...
by Kim Troup | Jul 6, 2023 | Shabbat Shalom
Passing on the Leadership “And G-d said to Moses, Go up to this Mt. Avarim and see the land that I have given to the Children of Israel.” (Numbers 27:12-23) So begins a moving dialogue between G-d and Moses towards the end of Moses’ life....
