Posts Tagged: Ki Tavo sermon
Parshat Ki Tavo: Rewards and Punishment
The Torah this week contains blessings and warnings. It declares that if the people are loyal, God will protect them, the rains will come at...
Ki Tavo: The Pursuit of Happiness
How does one measure happiness? It seems like a simple question, but as it turns out, there is no simple answer. Researchers struggle to define happiness,...
The Story We Tell
The setting: Jerusalem some 20 centuries ago. The occasion: bringing first fruits to the Temple. Here is the scene as the Mishnah describes it: Throughout...
We Are What We Remember
One reason that religion has survived in the modern world -- despite four centuries of secularization -- is that it answers the three questions every...
Judaism Is Defined by Joy
Happiness, said Aristotle, is the ultimate goal at which all humans aim. But in Judaism it is not necessarily so. Happiness is a high value. Ashrei, the...
