Posts tagged with ‘Re’eh’

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Reeh 5773

by Rabbi Yaakov Grunewald

The Sidra of Re’eh opens with the contrasting sharp choices which the Almighty offered to Israel. He said that he was giving them the blessing and the curse. He commanded them to choose the blessing. The blessing was symbolically allocated to Mount Gerizim and the curse was allocated to Mount  Eival.  These mountains were situated […]

Re’eh 5772

by Rabbi Yaakov Grunewald

The meaning of the Hebrew name of today’s Sidra is: See.  In the first sentence Moses tells the Israelites that he is giving to them the possibility to choose between the blessing and the curse. The syntax of this verse is striking. It begins by addressing one single person and continues by addressing the entire […]