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By Michael G. Kohn Jews speak often and passionately about 'community.' Whether it is 'the Jewish community,' or 'our community,' the word conjures up something special, something important. But 'community' is more than a word; it is a living, breathing, organic entity that we Jews have tried to build and perfect for millennia. For all Read More >

Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah The Value Of Life A D'var Torah for Parashat Ki Teitzei By Rabbi Jill Hackell ('13) This week’s parashah, Ki Teitzei, is filled with a wide variety of mitzvot. It contains, perhaps, the most laws of any other parashah in the Torah. I’d like to focus on two of them. The first is Read More >

Click HERE  for an audio recording of this D'var Torah A D'var Torah for Parashat Ki Tavo By Rabbi Jeffrey Segelman Parashat Ki Tavo begins with two mitzvot which are declarations. The first is that of Bikkurim - the first fruits. This declaration is very familiar to us as it forms the basis of the Maggid section of the seder (Arami Oveid Avi… (Deut 26:5-10). The Read More >

Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah Do You Resolve Conflicts Aaron's Way or Moses' Way? A D'var Torah for Parashat Ki Tissa By Rabbi Rob Scheinberg What’s the best way to get two people in a conflict to be reconciled with each other? Avot De-Rabbi Natan – an early commentary to the Ethics of Read More >

By Rabbi Emily Korzenik Very early in the portion, Ki Tavo presents the Torah as familiar and beloved. My father was wandering Aramean and he went down to Egypt and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous. And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us Read More >

By Steve Altarescu If Deuteronomic theology has not troubled you so far, Ki Tavo will now challenge you as it pushes the concept of reward and punishment to the limit. For the purpose of review here are some highlights of this theology from earlier in the Book of Deuteronomy.  œGive heed to the laws ¦that you Read More >

A D'var Torah for Parashat Ki Tavo by Rabbi Bruce Alpert ('11) One of the sublime joys of studying at AJR is experiencing tefillah in its community - especially at Retreat. Being in a room with 70 or 80 people, each of whom is, in some way, expert at Jewish prayer, is wondrous. And with a leader Read More >

Coming of the Messiah: Sooner or Later? A D'var Torah for Parashat Ki Tavo By Rabbi Irwin Huberman ('10) Perhaps no Jewish themed text has been more quoted in recent times than the 1971 theater production, Fiddler on the Roof. In one of Fiddler’s closing scenes, as residents of the fictional town of Anatevka continue Read More >

Restoring What Has Been Lost A D'var Torah for Parashat Ki Teitzei by Rabbi Rena Kieval ('06) When life gets busy, with many distractions, I have a tendency to misplace objects: my keys, my cell phone, or a piece of mail with important information. Most of us have had the experience of losing an item whose absence Read More >

A D'var Torah for Parashat Ki Tisa By Cantor Sandy Horowitz ('14) In Parashat Ki Tisa Aaron has been left in charge of the Israelites while Moses is meeting with God atop Mount Sinai. As the brother of Moses, Aaron is a likely choice to be given the responsibility of interim-leader. Given what happens however, one might Read More >