This week’s parashah and haftarah stand in stark contrast to each other. The Torah text centres on the themes of law, reward and punishment. The Israelite nation is party to a covenant with God. If w...
After forty years of wandering in the wilderness the Israelites arrive at their final encampment before entering the Land of Israel. This week’s parashah is D’varim, the first parashah of the Book of D...
The latter half of today’s double portion, Parashat Mas‘ei, is a geographer’s dream. Its very name means “travels,” and it opens with Moses providing a review of the decades of wandering, naming the people’s encampments p...
