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Shabbat Parashat Ki Tavo | 5768

Ki Tavo | 20 Elul 5768 | 20/09/2008

Listen Up (liftingly)

In between the pronouncements of general warnings to Bnei Yisrael to keep certain mitzvot and the threat of specific curses if they do not keep the mitzvot, our parasha promises Bnei Yisrael success if they follow Hashem’s expectations. “If you will indeed listen to the voice (kol) of Hashem to observe to perform all of the commandments that I am commanding today, Hashem your G-d will place you supreme above all of the nations of the land.

When to say Kri’at Shema Al Hamita when working a night shift

I work a night shift and, therefore, sleep in the day rather than at night. What do I do about saying Kri’at Shema Al Hamita (bedtime Shema) and Modeh Ani?

Excerpts from the Introduction to Ein Ayah – part I

After jumping in and getting a taste of Ein Ayah over the last few months, we decided to return to where we arguably should have started, Rav Kook’s introduction to the work. In it, he presents his logic for explaining Chazal’s aggadic writings in a manner that goes beyond the simple meaning of their words.

Incompatibility Between a Lawyer and a Dayan

A defense lawyer (=pl) petitioned the court’s administration to disqualify a dayan (=def) because of acrimony between the two, claiming that def’s participation harms his livelihood.

Hemdat Yamim of this week
is dedicated in memory of a beloved friend of Eretz Hemdah

Doris (Doba) Moinester
whos Yahrtzeit is 23^rd of Elul

as well as

R ' Meir ben Yechezkel Shraga Brachfel

o.b.m

Hemdat Yamim is endowed by Les & Ethel Sutker of Chicago, Illinois in loving memory of
Max and Mary Sutker

and Louis and Lillian Klein, z”l.

A weekly divrei Torah leaflet: A Glimpse at the Parasha, Ask the Rabbi, From the writings of Harav Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook, zt”l, Pninat Mishpat (Jewish Monetary Law).