In the Haftara for Parshat Re’eh (Yishayahu 54:16), we read the following words: Behold! I have created the smith who blows on a charcoal flame (esh pecham) and withdraws a tool for his labor, and I have created the destroyer to ruin. God gave humans the wisdom and...
The prophet Micha taught (Micha 6:8): He has told you what is good and what God seeks from you:to do justice, loving kindness and to walk humbly with your God. We learn in the Talmud, Sukkah 49b: Acts of kindness are superior to charity in three respects: Charity can...
In Parshat Re’eh, Dvarim 14:22-27 we read about Maaser Sheni, the Second Tithe which is separated in the first, second, fourth and fifth years of the Shmita cycle. What is unique about Maaser Sheni is that it is not given to the Kohen, Levi or the poor. Rather, the...
In Parsha Re’eh, the ultimate spot where the Beit HaMikdash (Temple) will be built is hinted to many times such as in Dvarim 12:5: “At the place that HaShem, your God, chooses from all your tribes to set His Presence there, will you seek His Presence and...
Celebrating 16 years in IsraelParsha Re’eh has many references to settling the Land of Israel including:When HaShem, your God has brought you to the Land that you are coming to inherit... (Dvarim 11:29)For you shall pass across the Yarden to come to...
In Parshat Re’eh we are told not to worship idols and when we worship God it has to be in “The Place” that God selects as we see in Dvarim 12:5-7:Rather at “HaMakom”, “The Place” that HaShem, your God chooses from all your...
In Parshat Re’eh, Dvarim 13:2-4 we are commanded:If a prophet arises among you or a dreamer of a dream, and he gives you an omen or a miracle, and the omen or the miracle happens-the one he told you about- saying, “Let us go after other gods that you do...
Sponsored by Sharona and Josh Halickman in honor of the upcoming marriage of Samantha Hollander and Sam KriegerIn Parshat Re’eh (Dvarim 16:14-17) we read:V’samachta B’chagecha- Rejoice during your festival- you and your son and your daughter, and...
In Parshat Re’eh (Dvarim 11:31) we read the famous words “For you shall pass across the Jordan to come to inherit the land that HaShem, your God is giving you, you will inherit it and will dwell in it.”Rashi quoting Sifrei comments that the miracles...
When God created the world, He did not permit Adam and Eve to eat meat:And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all earth and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree…to you it shall be for food. And to every...
This week’s Haftarah from Yishayahu 54-55 is a lyrical prophecy of what will happen in Messianic times. The words of the prophecy especially ring true today. Yishayahu 54:15-17 states: “Behold! They may well gather together, but not by Me: whoever...
In Parshat Re’eh, Devarim 13:5 we are told: “You shall walk after HaShem your God, fear Him, keep His commandments, obey His voice, serve Him and cleave to him.” Rashi comments: Embrace His ways, engage in kindness, bury the dead and visit the...
In Parshat Re’eh, Devarim 12:10 we read: “When you cross the Jordan and settle in the Land that God is apportioning to you, and He has granted you peace from all your enemies around and you shall live secure.” According to Glilei Zahav, if we,...
Dedicated in Memory of Matt Fenster z”l The Midrash Sifrei on the Book of Devarim states that it is a Mitzvah to settle the Land of Israel and to dwell there as it says in Devarim 12:29 (Parshat Re’eh) “and you shall drive them away and live...
In Parshat Re’eh (Devarim 12:29) we read the following words: “When God will have eliminated the nations whom you are coming there to inherit, from before you; and you will inherit them and dwell in their Land.” Rabbi Shaul Yedidya Elazar of...
In Parsha Re’eh, Devarim 12:20-21, B’nai Yisrael are given permission to eat unconsecrated meat-animals that are slaughtered for their meat even if they are not being brought as Korbanot (offerings): “When God will enlarge your border, as He has...
In Parshat Re’eh, right before B’nai Yisrael were about to enter the Land of Israel they were told (Devarim 12:8-10) “You shall not do everything that we do here today- every man what is proper in his eyes- for you will not yet have come to the...
In Parshat Re’eh, we read over and over again about the mitzvah of “Yishuv Eretz Yisrael”, the commandment to live in the Land of Israel: Devarim 11:31: “For you shall pass across the Jordan to come to inherit the Land that HaShem your God...
Parshat Re'eh, Devarim 12:10-12 states: "When you cross the Jordan and settle in the land that God gave is apportioning to you, and has granted you peace from all of your enemies around, and you will live secure. Let it be that the place where God chooses to place his...
In Parshat Re’eh we find two seemingly contradictory psukim:Devarim 15:4 “End poverty so that there will be no one destitute among you when God will surely bless you in the Land that God is giving you to inherit”.Devarim 15:11 “The destitute...
Jerusalem is never mentioned in the Torah (the chumash), it is only alluded to. Many allusions to Jerusalem can be found in Parshat Re'eh, including Dvarim 12:5-6: "To the place that God shall choose from all of your tribes to put His name, there shall you seek Him at...