by Tuly | f 28, 2022 | News, The Portion of Mishpatim, DI
Abortion is a very serious issue in today’s society, with more unborn children being terminated every year than any other cause of death. Judaism goes far to protect the life of an unborn child and even allows for the violation of the Sabbath to save the life of...
by Tuly | f 7, 2022 | News, Weekly Torah Portion, The Portion of Bo, DI
In preparation for the final devastating plague, the Hebrews prepared the Passover lamb. The offering, whose blood, painted on their doorposts, would protect them from the Angel of Death and whose meat would be eaten as the Passover offering consumed as the central...
by Tuly | f 31, 2021 | News, The Portion of Eikev, DI
On January 1, 2012, Rabbi Tuly Weisz sent his first daily newsletter to several dozen friends and family members (and hasn’t missed a day since in the past decade!). “I was inspired by this verse in Deuteronomy,” said Weisz, “that God’s eyes are upon the Land...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 10, 2021 | Blog, The Portion of Vayeitzei, DI
Once, at the time of the wheat harvest, Reuben came upon some mandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.” Genesis 30:14 The conflict between the sister-brides Rachel and Leah takes a...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 8, 2021 | Blog, The Portion of Vayeitzei, DI
Hence that place was called Be’er Sheva, for there the two of them swore an oath (Genesis 21:31) Beersheba was the Biblical capital of the southern Negev region. Its name is a bit ambiguous, being made up of the two Hebrew words: Be’er (באר) meaning ‘well’, and...
by Tuly | f 7, 2021 | News, The Portion of Vayeitzei, DI
Let me pass through your whole flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted animal—every dark-colored sheep and every spotted and speckled goat. Such shall be my wages. אֶעֱבֹר בְּכָל־צֹאנְךָ הַיּוֹם הָסֵר מִשָּׁם כָּל־שֶׂה נָקֹד וְטָלוּא...
