by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Oct 12, 2012
BS”D Parashat Bereshiet 5773 Ten years ago, on the 24th of Tishrei 5763, Sargent Ari Weiss z”l fell in a firefight in the city of Shechem; Ari was 20 years old. Ari is the son of Rav Shmuel and Susie Weiss, one of the leading rabbinical families in the...
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Sep 14, 2012
BS”D Parshiot Netzavim-Va’yailech 5772 Devarim 29:9-10 You are all standing today in the presence of the Lord your God, the leaders of the tribes, your elders and law enforcement officials, and all the other men of Israel. Together with your children and your...
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Sep 7, 2012
BS”D Parashat Ki Tavo 5772 Our parasha begins: When you have entered the land the Lord your God gives you as a legacy and inheritance and have taken possession of it and settled in it Or Hachaim explains: The term Vehaya (which opens the parasha) refers to a...
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Aug 31, 2012
BS”D Ki Taytzay 5772 The Gemara (Rosh Hashana 18:a) poses the question: What method does HaShem employ when surveying the actions of man on Rosh Hashana? It quotes two opinions: “Reish Lakish (Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish) said, ‘like the ascent to Beit Maron...
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Aug 24, 2012
BS”D Parashat Shoftim 5772 DEDICATED TO FIVE ANONYMOUS JERUSALEM CAB DRIVERS. Our parasha begins: You shall appoint judges and police in all the gates that the Lord God gives you in your tribes, and they shall judge the people in righteous justice. Rashi...
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Aug 17, 2012
BS”D Parashat Re’eh 5772 Our parasha records HaShem’s command that on the very day the Jews enter Eretz Yisrael, they make their way to Alon Morah. There they will find a valley created by Mount Grizim to the south and Mount Eyal to the north. Half the tribes...