Parashat Re'eh

How can people who have worked to regain their freedom enslave their brothers?

As we work to clean up the places we live, we pray for Jerusalem to return to her splendor.

If you establish a Jewish spiritual discipline for yourself, you will not be led astray.

It would be wise to consider sound anti-poverty programs that tackle the general problem of lack of ownership.

Dealing with disagreements in interpretation of the law.

Moses instructs the Israelites regarding idolatry, false prophets, clean and unclean foods, tithes, freeing slaves, and the pilgrimage festivals.

Parashat Re'eh calls our attention to our ability to choose the directions of our lives.

When a member of our community becomes poor we must restore his/her dignity as well as money.

Remission of debt and freeing of slaves are two biblical institutions that ensure that cycles of poverty are not perpetuated.

The Torah's abhorrence for consuming blood may have led to the Jewish people's abhorrence for shedding it.