Evergreen

By viewing the troubles and joys of our lives as part of a continuum we can uncover blessings even in the most challenging curses.

The activities for which people are cursed by God directly are those committed in secret.

The two extended warnings for breaking the covenant reflect the changing relationship between the people of Israel and God.

Before the Children of Israel enter the land, Moses cautions them against self-deception, an appropriate warning for the High Holidays as well.

Our religious and spiritual experiences of serving God should be joyful and uplifting.

The ritual of the first fruits provides an example of the tension surrounding forgetting and remembering crises and miracles in our history.

The speech that farmers recited when bringing their first fruits to the Temple articulates the Zionist message.

Law is essential to Judaism, establishing an external set of moral guidelines.

The commandment to be wholehearted with God requires us to devote our entire beings sincerely to God.

Parashat Ki Teitzei contains numerous examples of how we should structure and categorize our decisions and their consequences.