Haftarat Parshat Ki Tetze: The Order of Consolation Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander is President and Rosh HaYeshiva of Ohr Torah Stone Is there any logical order connecting the seven haftarot of consolation read over the Shabbatot following Tisha B’av? They are all from the book of Isaiah, but they are certainly not read in synagogue […]| Ohr Torah Stone
Parshat Ki Tetze: “In All Your Ways Know Him” Avigail Lublin is a graduate of Ohr Torah Stone’s Jennie Sapirstein Junior High and High School for Girls in Ramot, Jerusalem, currently serving as a commander in Nativ – the IDF’s military conversion program In Parshat Ki Tetze we encounter an exceptionally high concentration of commandments—74 out […]| Ohr Torah Stone
The article below is from Rabbi Riskin’s book Devarim: Moses Bequeaths Legacy, History and Covenant, part of his Torah Lights series of commentaries on the weekly parsha, published by Maggid and available for purchase here. Parshat Ki Tetze: A Seamless Torah – Sin Leads to Sin in Lore and in Law Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin is the Founder […]| Ohr Torah Stone
Parshat Shoftim: The Sacred Geography of Justice – Divine Authority in Capital Cases Devora Chait is an alumna of Midreshet Lindenbaum’s Maria and Joel Finkle Overseas Program (2015/2016) who is currently pursuing a PhD in computer science at New York University The start of Parshat Shoftim discusses how to handle cases of legal uncertainty. The […]| Ohr Torah Stone
The article below is from Rabbi Riskin’s book Devarim: Moses Bequeaths Legacy, History and Covenant, part of his Torah Lights series of commentaries on the weekly parsha, published by Maggid and available for purchase here. Parshat Shoftim: Righteousness vs. Idolatry – What is the Connection? Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin is the Founder and Rosh HaYeshiva of Ohr Torah […]| Ohr Torah Stone
"All the commandment which I command you this day shall you observe to do them, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the| Ohr Torah Stone
The article below is from Rabbi Riskin’s book Devarim: Moses Bequeaths Legacy, History and Covenant, part of his Torah Lights series of commentaries on the weekly parsha, published by Maggid and available for purchase here. Parshat Vaetchanan: For the Sake of the Life of an Egyptian Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin is the Founder and Rosh HaYeshiva of Ohr […]| Ohr Torah Stone
Parshat Devarim: From “Not a Man of Words” to “These Are the Words” Rabbanit Leora Levian is a graduate of OTS’s Straus-Amiel Emissary Training Institute who served the community of Gothenburg, Sweden for two years alongside her husband, Rabbi Uzi Levian. Today she is the chief editor of Sela Meir Publications and the rabbanit of […]| Ohr Torah Stone
The article below is from Rabbi Riskin’s book Devarim: Moses Bequeaths Legacy, History and Covenant, part of his Torah Lights series of commentaries on the weekly parsha, published by Maggid and available for purchase here. Parshat Devarim: Moses’ Final Farewell and the Command to be Just Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin is the Founder and Rosh HaYeshiva of Ohr […]| Ohr Torah Stone
Parshat Balak: Vulnerability, Struggle, and Victory Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander is President and Rosh HaYeshiva of Ohr Torah Stone As we read the haftarah of this week’s Torah portion, Parshat Balak, one cannot help but feel that it was written specifically for this moment. The words of the prophet Micha were originally spoken to an […]| Ohr Torah Stone