Sponsored by Rosa and Marc Futterman in memory of Edward “Holland” z”l on his first yahrzeit In Parshat Ki Tetze (Dvarim 22:8) we learn about the importance of fencing in the roof of a building: “When you build a new home, you are to make a fence for your roof…” What...
In Parshat Ki Tetze, Dvarim 23:25, we read: When you enter your fellow’s vineyard, you may eat grapes as you desire, to your satisfaction; but you may not place it in your container. Rashi explains that one may only eat the grapes when working the field during harvest...
In Parshat Ki Tetze, Dvarim 24:17-19, we are commanded to wipe out Amalek: Remember what Amalek perpetrated against you on the way when you left Egypt. When he chanced upon you en route, when you were tired and exhausted, striking down all of the stragglers in your...
Sponsored by Laura Csillag with praise and thanks to HaShem on Daled ElulIn Parshat Ki Tetze, Dvarim 22:5 we read:No male article (kli gever) shall be on a woman, and a man shall not wear a woman’s garment...In the Talmud, Nazir 59a, the Braita teaches:Rabbi...
Sponsored by Sharona and Josh Halickman commemorating the 27th Yahrzeit of Reva Margolin z”l In Parshat Ki Tetzei we learn about mitzvot that assure a fair and honest society as God abhors dishonesty.In Dvarim 25:13-16 we read:You are not to have for...
In Memory of Netanel Vayzer on his First Yahrzeit. May his neshama have an aliyaLast year, there was a controversy over whether Uggs brand boots and shoes were “kosher”. Why would there be an issue with clothing and footwear needing to be...
Dedicated in Memory of my grandmother, Reva Margolin z”l on her 26th YahrzheitIn Parhsat Ki Tetze (Dvarim 24:5) we are taught:When a man marries a new wife, he shall not go out to the army, nor shall it obligate him for any matter; he shall be free for his home...
War, violent teenagers, divorce, negligence, rape, mistreatment of the weaker populations, crooked courts…These sound like the headlines of newspapers across the world today.These relevant topics and many more are found in Parshat Ki Tetze. The parsha teaches...
In memory of my grandmother, Reva Margolin z”l on her 23rd yahrzeitJudaism is a religion that promotes social justice. We are taught to be giving throughout the year. During the high holidays in the “Unetane Tokef” prayer we recite the words:...
Sponsored in Memory of Reva Margolin on her 24th YarzeitIn Parhat Ki Tetze (Dvarim 22:1-3) we learn about the mitzvah of returning a lost object:You may not observe your brother’s ox or his sheep lost and hide yourself from them; you must surely return them to...
In Memory of my grandmother, Reva Margolin on her 22nd YahrzeitThe story of the Ben Sorer U’Moreh (Wayward Child) which can be found in Parshat Ki Tetze (Dvarim 21:18-21) is every parent’s worst nightmare. A child who won’t listen to his father or...
In Memory of Reva Margolin on her 21st YahrzritIn Parshat Ki Tetze, Dvarim 22:6-7 we read: “If you should chance upon a bird’s nest before you on the road in any tree or on the ground with fledglings or eggs, and the mother is sitting on the fledglings or...
In Parshat Ki Tetze we learn about compassion for animals from the following psukim (Devarim 22:6, 7): “If you should chance upon a bird’s nest before you on the road in any tree, or on the ground with fledglings or eggs and the mother is sitting on the...
I Love Lucy and Parshat Ki Tetze- What is the Connection? In Memory of Reva Margolin (a fan of I Love Lucy) on her 20th Yahrzeit Every I Love Lucy fan has seen the episode where Lucy and Ethel are supposed to be working in a chocolate factory but they end...
In Othello 3:3 William Shakespeare writes: Who steals my purse, steals trash; ‘tis something, nothing; ‘Twas mine, ‘tis his and has been slave to Thousands; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me...
In Parshat Ki Tetze (Devarim 22:11) we read: “Do not don Shatnez (a mixture of threads), wool and linen together.” According to Rashi, the word Shatnez is a mixture. We learn in Nidah 61b that the word Sha-t-nez can be divided into three words, Shua...
How many times have you heard a religious woman being asked if she wears pants? What exactly is meant by that question? Are pants men’s suit pants? Are they ski pants? Are they baggy sweatpants? Are they pink pants with sunflowers on them? Are they...
In Parshat Ki Tetze, Devarim 23:22 we read the following: “When you make a vow (neder) to God, you shall not be late in paying it, for God will demand it of you and there will be a sin in you. If you refrain from vowing, there will be no sin in you. You shall observe...
Chapter 24 in Parshat Ki Tetze opens with the laws of divorce: “If a man marries a woman and lives with her, and it will be that she will not find favor in his eyes, for he found in her a matter of immorality, and he wrote her a bill of divorce and presented it...
Dedicated in memory of Yoni Siegal z""lParshat Ki Tetze, Devarim 23:10 states: "Ki tetze machaneh al oyvecha v'neeshmarta mikol davar ra". "When you go out to encamp against your enemies take precautions from every evil thing." Sentence 15 continues "For HaShem your...
Sponsored by Isaac and Amy Halickman in memory of Phyllis Dalfen SilverParshat Ki Tetze emphasizes the mitzvot of treating others with respect and looking out for those who may be less fortunate. In Devarim Chapter 20 sentence 14 we read: "You shall not cheat a poor...
In Parshat Ki Tetze (Dvarim 23:4) We are told "lo yavo amoni umoavi bikhal Hahsem", "An Ammonite or Moavite should not enter into the congregation of God". The reason that they are not allowed to convert to Jusaism is given in the next verse, "Because they did not...