If you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them...I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; and I will remove evil beasts from the land, nor shall the sword go through your land. ...Leviticus 26:3, 6 Are the blessings...
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I wrote this d'var Torah for Rabbis for Human Rights, who first published it... If you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. And...
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This post was originally published by the Israel at Sixty blog. Last year I wrote a think piece presenting what my platform would be if I were running for Prime Minister of Israel. You can read it here. Since I have the hubris to think as if I were running for Prime Minister, the...
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Im bechukotai talachu…“If you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them, Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. And your threshing shall last to the time of vintage, and the vintage shall...
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“If you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them” ...Leviticus 26:3 “If you will walk in my statutes.” This is a rather odd sounding statement. It’s not exactly a commandment to obey the commandments. Here it says “IF you will walk in my statutes…The Kli Yakar points out that we...
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