Parshat Devarim
'Oath of allegiance' or conditional 'contract' Parasha and its realization - for Parashat Devarim and Shabbat Chazon 5783 Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald - 'Oath of allegiance' or conditional 'contract'
Parasha and its realization - for Parashat Devarim and Shabbat Chazon 5783
Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald
One of the most exciting moments in the IDF enlistment process of a soldier is the 'swearing ceremony'. With the establishment of the IDF (22 Iy...
Parshat Devarim
Mishnah Torah - to Repeat, to Change Parsha and it’s Implementation - Dvarim - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald – 5779 - משנה תורה – לִשנות כדי לְשנות
Mishnah Torah - to Repeat, to Change
Parsha and it’s Implementation - Dvarim - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald – 5779
The Chumash of Dvarim is named after the opening of our Parasha:
אֵ֣לֶּה הַדְּבָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֤ר מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּעֵ֖בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֑...
Parshat Devarim
Parshat Devarim - The Strategy of Public Criticism which Builds the Future
Parshat Devarim – Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald
This Shabbat we will begin the Book of Devarim – the Mishneh Torah ("review of the Torah") and the Book of Reproof. In learning our parsha we will examine the strategy of public criticism whose purp...
Parshat Devarim
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald The Parasha in the everyday life – Parashat Devarim - Chazon – 5780 The Curse of the contrarian disposition and the Redemption - The Curse of the contrarian disposition and the Redemption
אֵיכָ֥ה אֶשָּׂ֖א טָרְחֲכֶ֥ם וּמַֽשַּׂאֲכֶ֖ם וְרִֽיבְכֶֽם
How can I bear the trouble of you, and the burden, and the bickering!
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald
The Parasha in the everyday life – Parashat Devarim - Chazon – 5780
Moshe Rabbein...
Parshat Devarim
The Strategy of Public Criticism which Builds the Future - Parshat Devarim – Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald
This Shabbat we will begin the Book of Devarim – the Mishneh Torah ("review of the Torah") and the Book of Reproof. In learning our parsha we will examine the strategy of public criticism whose purpose is to improve the future, as well as how to direct comm...
Parshat Devarim
Turnover from destruction to construction, from failure to victory - Parsha and its realization - Parsha Devarim - Shabbat Chazon 5784 - Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald - Turnover from destruction to construction, from failure to victory
Parsha and its realization - Parsha Devarim - Shabbat Chazon - and the war of the 'Iron Swords' 5784
Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald
Dedicated to the IDF soldiers' success, to safeguard them lest any harm come to them, to the heali...
Parshat Vaetchanan
Faith, comfort and hope in times of crisis Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald The Parasha in the everyday life – Parashat Va’etchanan – 5780 - "Shabbat Nachamu" - Faith, comfort and hope in times of crisis
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald
The Parasha in the everyday life – Parashat Va’etchanan – 5780 - "Shabbat Nachamu"
(Shabbat of Consolation- This optimistic Haftarah is read following the fast of Tisha B'Av, to bring comfort after Tisha B'Av's sadness.)
We ar...
Parshat Vaetchanan
Judgment, accounting and the Operation Breaking Dawn The Parasha in our everyday life – Vaetchanan- Shabbat Nachamu 5782 Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - Judgment, accounting and the Operation Breaking Dawn
The Parasha in our everyday life – Vaetchanan- Shabbat Nachamu 5782
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - Head of the Hesder Yeshiva 'Meir Harel' Modiin
Dedicated to the memory of the late Lt. Col. Avner Goldman who fell in the helicopter disaster in Rom...
Parshat Vaetchanan
National Consolation as a Cornerstone of Strategy - Parshat Vaetchanan-Nachamu – Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald
Parshat Vaetchanan usually falls on "Shabbat Nachamu" which follows Tisha B'Av. It is named after the Haftarah which begins with the word Nachamu: "Be consoled, be consoled My nation says your G-d. Speak to the heart of Jerusalem and tell her tha...
Parshat Vaetchanan
Pain and comfort in the remembrance days near the end of the mourning year - Parsha and its implementation - Parshat Va’etchanan - Shabbat Nahamu 5784 - Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald - Pain and comfort in the remembrance days near the end of the mourning year
Parsha and its implementation - Parshat Va’etchanan - Shabbat Nahamu - and the war of the 'Iron Swords' 5784
Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald
Dedicated in Jonathan Deutsch’s memory, HY’D, who was murdered in the attack in th...
Parshat Vaetchanan
Parshat Vaetchanan-Nachamu – Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - National Consolation as a Cornerstone of Strategy
Parshat Vaetchanan-Nachamu – Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald
Parshat Vaetchanan usually falls on "Shabbat Nachamu" which follows Tisha B'Av. It is named after the Haftarah which begins with the word Nachamu: "Be consoled, be consoled My nation says your G...
Parshat Vaetchanan
Recognize the right - to praise and take responsibility Parasha and its implementation – Va’etchanan - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - 5779 - Recognize the right - to praise and take responsibility
Parasha and its implementation – Va’etchanan - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - 5779
Parashat Va’etchanan opens with the plea of Moshe Rabbeinu to G-d to enter Eretz Yisrael: "
וָאֶתְחַנַּ֖ן אֶל־ה' בָּעֵ֥ת הַהִ֖וא לֵאמֹֽר׃…. אֶעְבְּרָה־נָּ֗א וְ...
Parshat Vaetchanan
The Eternal Nation grows out of crises. Parasha and its implementation - for Parsha Vaetchanan - Nahamu 5783 Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald - The Eternal Nation grows out of crises.
Parasha and its implementation - for Parsha Vaetchanan - Nahamu 5783
Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald
The eternal existence of the Jewish Nation throughout thousands of years of history is a miracle that has no rational explanation. Thinkers and historians fr...
Parshat Vaetchanan
Consolation, change and healing Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - the Parasha in our everyday life – Va'etchanan - Shabbat Nahamu - 5781 - Consolation, change and healing
Dedicated in memory of the late Sgt. Yehunatan Einhorn and the late Lt. Col. Avner Goldman
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - the Parasha in our everyday life – Va'etchanan - Shabbat Nahamu - 5781
'Shabbat Nahamu' -Console- opens the series 'Sheva Denechamta' 'שבע דנחמתא...
Parshat Eikev
"My own power and the might of my own hand" Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald The Parasha in the everyday life – Parashat Ekev - 5780 - "My own power and the might of my own hand"
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald
The Parasha in the everyday life – Parashat Ekev - 5780
A comparison between the situation that existed in the world before the corona crisis and the situation now indicates some dramatic changes. One of them is related to the...
Parshat Eikev
Afula and the 613 Mitzvot Parsha and its Implementation – Ekev - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - 5779 - Afula and the 613 Mitzvot
Parsha and its Implementation – Ekev - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - 5779
Our Parasha is named after its opening Pasuk: "
וְהָיָ֣ה ׀ עֵ֣קֶב תִּשְׁמְע֗וּן אֵ֤ת הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים֙ הָאֵ֔לֶּה וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֥ם וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם וְשָׁמַר֩ ה אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ לְךָ֗ אֶֽת־הַבְּרִית֙ וְאֶת־ה...
Parshat Eikev
Decisiveness, deterrence, reluctance and arrogance - Parashat Ekev 5784 - Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald - Decisiveness, deterrence, reluctance and arrogance
Parashat Ekev - and the war of the 'Iron Swords' 5784
Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald
Dedicated to the IDF soldiers' success, to safeguard them lest any harm come to them, to the healing of all the wounded and the return of the abducted.
I have...
Parshat Eikev
Fighting our mindset - Parshah and its realization - Parashat Ekev 5783 - Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald - Fighting our mindset
Parshah and its realization - Parashat Ekev 5783
Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald
The human mindset has a decisive influence in many fields. The key to success and the ability to face difficulties, challenges, and crises depends on the awareness of one's skills and one's self-e...
Parshat Eikev
Natality is a blessing - Demographics and Enlightenment Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald – The Parasha in our everyday life - Ekev - 5781 - Natality is a blessing - Demographics and Enlightenment
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald – The Parasha in our everyday life - Ekev - 5781
A little over a week ago, the Puah Institute launched a mass recruitment campaign. The general public participated, opened their hearts and pockets, and sought to be a...
Parshat Eikev
Parshat Ekev - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - The Strategic Danger of Meteoric Success
Parashat Ekev – Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald
In Sefer Devarim, Moshe Rabbenu addresses Am Israel at the gates of Eretz Israel. In his words, Moshe surveys events since the Exodus from Egypt and prepares the nation for the future, for the anticipated entry into...
Parshat Eikev
The 'enormity' within the 'smallness' The Parasha in our everyday life – Parashat Ekev 5782 Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - - The 'enormity' within the 'smallness'
The Parasha in our everyday life – Parashat Ekev 5782
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - Head of the Hesder Yeshiva 'Meir Harel' Modiin
Social media has a considerable influence on public discourse. Each one according to its specifications. Some of the networks limi...
Parshat Eikev
The Strategic Danger of Meteoric Success - Parshat Eikev – Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald In Sefer Devarim, Moshe Rabbenu addresses Am Israel at the gates of Eretz Israel. In his words, Moshe surveys events since the Exodus from Egypt and prepares the nation for the future, for the anticipated entry into Eretz Israel and taking possession of the Lan...
Parshat Re'eh
Fateful elections in Elul Parsha and its Implementation – Re’eh - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - 5779 - Fateful elections in Elul
Parsha and its Implementation – Re’eh - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - 5779
Our Parasha opens with blessings and curses:
רְאֵ֗ה אָנֹכִ֛י נֹתֵ֥ן לִפְנֵיכֶ֖ם הַיּ֑וֹם בְּרָכָ֖ה וּקְלָלָֽה׃ אֶֽת־הַבְּרָכָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּשְׁמְע֗וּ אֶל־מִצְוֺת֙ ה' אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֧ר אָנֹכִ֛י מְצ...
Parshat Re'eh
Seeing reality in 3D Parasha and its implementation – Parashat Re'eh – Shabbat Mevarchim 5783 Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald - Seeing reality in 3D
Parasha and its implementation – Parashat Re'eh – Shabbat Mevarchim 5783
Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald
Vision is one of the most wonderful and fascinating facts of divine creation. It is not for nothing that man was created with two eyes and not only one. The two eyes locate...
Parshat Re'eh
Shechem and the choice between blessings and curses The Parasha in our everyday life – Parasha Re’e – Rosh Chodesh Elul 5782 Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - Shechem and the choice between blessings and curses
The Parasha in our everyday life – Parasha Re’e – Rosh Chodesh Elul 5782
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - Head of the Hesder Yeshiva 'Meir Harel' Modiin
A little over a week ago, terrorists shot at a bullet-proof bus full of worshipers who came to שכ...
Parshat Re'eh
State ceremony or national alliance event - Parashat Hashavua – Parashat Re’eh 5784 - Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald - State ceremony or national alliance event
Parashat Hashavua – Parashat Re’eh- and the war of the 'Iron Swords' 5784
Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald
Dedicated in memory of Moshe and Eliad Ohayon HY’D who fell in the heroic battle in Ofakim on Simchat Torah, marking the 11 months bereavement period...
Parshat Re'eh
The generation of choices seeks boundaries Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald – The Parasha in our everyday life – Re’eh - 5781 - The generation of choices seeks boundaries
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald – The Parasha in our everyday life – Re’eh - 5781
Dedicated in memory of the late Mr. Moshe Shrem (Lt. Harel Shrem’s father) on his first Yohrtzeit.
Last week, the Education Minister was quoted opposing Covid-19 vaccination in s...
Parshat Re'eh
The Strategic Significance of the Unity of the Spiritual and the Sovereign Capital - Parshat Re'eh – Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald
In our parsha we are commanded to lay one of the foundations of the Jewish nation, building "Beit HaBechirah" (the Temple) and establishing the "spiritual capital" of Am Israel. "...to the place which the Lord your G-d will choose from all your tribes to put...
Parshat Re'eh
The Strategic Significance of the Unity of the Spiritual and the Sovereign Capital - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald
In our parsha we are commanded to lay one of the foundations of the Jewish nation, building "Beit HaBechirah" (the Temple) and establishing the "spiritual capital" of Am Israel. "...to the place which the Lord your G-d will choose from all your tribes to put His name there,...
Parshat Re'eh
The Strategic Significance of the Unity of the Spiritual and the Sovereign Capital - Parshat Re'eh - The Strategic Significance of the Unity of the Spiritual and the Sovereign Capital
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald In our Parsha we are commanded to lay one of the foundations of the Jewish nation, building "Beit HaBechirah" (the Temple) and establishing the "spiritual capital" of Am Isra...
Parshat Re'eh
Where, when, how, and by whom The Parasha in the everyday life– Parashat Re’eh - 5780 Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - Where, when, how, and by whom
The Parasha in the everyday life– Parashat Re’eh - 5780
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald
In memory of the late Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz
On the morning of the 28th of Iyar 5728 (1967) we were in a shelter in Safed with our late mother. All the fathers, including m...
Parshat Shoftim
"Until it Falls" – The Strategy of Israel's Wars on Weekdays and on Shabbat - Parshat Shoftim Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald – Rosh Yeshivat Hesder Meir Harel, Modiin - Ofakim
The Parshiot of Sefer Devarim contain entire chapters on military theory. One of them is in our parsha (Devarim 20:19): When you lay siege to a city many days to fight against it and conquer it…build a siege...
Parshat Shoftim
"Until it Falls" – The Strategy of Israel's Wars on Weekdays and on Shabbat Parshat Shoftim Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - "Until it Falls" – The Strategy of Israel's Wars on Weekdays and on Shabbat
Parshat Shoftim
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald – Rosh Yeshivat Hesder Meir Harel, Modiin - Ofakim
The Parshiot of Sefer Devarim contain entire chapters on military theory. One of them is in our parsha (Devarim 20:19): When you...
Parshat Shoftim
“And I will restore thy judges as at the first” - Parashat Hashavua- Parashat Shoftim 5784 - Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald - “And I will restore thy judges as at the first”
Parashat Hashavua– Parashat Shoftim - and the war of the 'Iron Swords' 5784
Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald
Dedicated to the IDF soldiers' success, to safeguard them lest any harm come to them, to the healing of all the wounded and the return of the...
Parshat Shoftim
“Justice, justice shall you pursue” The Parasha in our everyday life – Parashat Shoftim 5782 Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - “Justice, justice shall you pursue”
The Parasha in our everyday life – Parashat Shoftim 5782
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - Head of the Hesder Yeshiva 'Meir Harel' Modiin
The calendar is studded with dates that evoke memories, thoughts and lessons learned every year. On August 14th, 2006 (20th Av) f...
Parshat Shoftim
Justice and the separation of powers shall you pursue Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald The Parasha in the everyday life- Parashat Shoftim - 5780 - Justice and the separation of powers shall you pursue
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald
In memory of the late Mr. Moshe Nissim Shrem, father of the late Lt. Harel Shrem (The Yeshiva is named after him)
The Parasha in the everyday life- Parashat Shoftim - 5780
A reformed society has always needed to be...
Parshat Shoftim
Public trust begins with its Judges Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - Parasha in our everyday life - Shoftim – 5781 - Public trust begins with its Judges
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - Parasha in our everyday life - Shoftim – 5781
Various studies and surveys indicate that in recent years there has been a dramatic decline in 'public trust' in the legal system. This is a problem that endangers the foundations of a prop...
Parshat Shoftim
Sovereign kingdom and Kingdom of Heaven Parsha and its Implementation - Shoftim - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - 5779 - Sovereign kingdom and Kingdom of Heaven
Parsha and its Implementation - Shoftim - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - 5779
In our Parasha, the Torah deals with the King's appointment:
…וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ אָשִׂ֤ימָה עָלַי֙ מֶ֔לֶךְ כְּכָל־הַגּוֹיִ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר סְבִיבֹתָֽי׃ שׂ֣וֹם תָּשִׂ֤ים עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ מֶ֔לֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר...
Parshat Shoftim
We are in the latter part of the Chofesh HaGadol- The Parshah and its implementation – Parashat Shoftim 5783 Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald - We are in the latter part of the Chofesh HaGadol *1
The Parshah and its implementation – Parashat Shoftim 5783
Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald
We are at the end of the 'Summer Vacation' (Summer Holiday- called in Hebrew: Chofesh HaGadol – The Big Freedom - Liberty - Recess).
However, it is not s...
Parshat Ki Teitze
"Ki Tetzeh- Go forth" to battle in the 'People's Army' 'People's Army Model' or 'Professional Mercenary Army' Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald – The Parasha in our everyday life – Ki Tetzeh- 5781 - "Ki Tetzeh- Go forth" to battle in the 'People's Army'
'People's Army Model' or 'Professional Mercenary Army'
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald – The Parasha in our everyday life – Ki Tetzeh- 5781
In recent times, the idea of replacing Ben-Gurion's "People's Army Model"(*1), with the model of "Mercenary,...
Parshat Ki Teitze
Calculated risk management or risky gambling - Parshat Hashavua – Parashat Ki Tetze 5784 - Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald - Calculated risk management or risky gambling
Parshat Hashavua – Parashat Ki Tetze 5784
Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald
Praying for the IDF soldiers' success, to safeguard them lest any harm come to them, to the healing of all the wounded and the return of the abducted.
A state and its army are c...
Parshat Ki Teitze
It started long before it happened Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald The Parasha in the everyday life – Parashat Ki Tetze – 5780 - It started long before it happened
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald
The Parasha in the everyday life – Parashat Ki Tetze – 5780
In memory of the late Rabbi Zalman Nechemia Goldberg (Former chief justice- Dayan of the Jerusalem Rabbinical High Court)
Recently, a shocking rape case was published that st...
Parshat Ki Teitze
Parshat Ki Teitze – Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - The Mitzvah of the Railing and the Strategy of Faith and National Security
Parshat Ki Teitze
Parshat Ki TeTeitze – Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald
Occasionally one of the 613 mitzvot, which is relevant to a specific situation, is actually a foundation and general principle in Judaism. This is the c...
Parshat Ki Teitze
The Iranian nuclear interdiction The Parasha in our everyday life – Parashat Ki Tetze - 5782 Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - The Iranian nuclear interdiction
The Parasha in our everyday life – Parashat Ki Tetze - 5782
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - Head of the Hesder Yeshiva 'Meir Harel' Modiin
The progress of the Iranian nuclear project, and the news about the US and Europe nuclear agreement negotiations with Iran, are a...
Parshat Ki Teitze
The Mitzvah of the Railing and the Strategy of Faith and National Security - Parshat Ki TeTeitze – Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald
Occasionally one of the 613 mitzvot, which is relevant to a specific situation, is actually a foundation and general principle in Judaism. This is the case with the mitzvah of the railing in our parsha, which relates to the obligation of homeowners to e...
Parshat Ki Teitze
The Mitzvah of the Railing and the Strategy of Faith and National Security - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald Occasionally one of the 613 mitzvot, which is relevant to a specific situation, is actually a foundation and general principle in Judaism. This is the case with the mitzvah of the railing in our parsha, which relates to the obligation of homeowners to ensure the safety of thei...
Parshat Ki Teitze
Voices of war and peace Parasha and its implementation – Parashat Ki Tetzeh 5783 Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald - Voices of war and peace
Parasha and its implementation – Parashat Ki Tetzeh 5783
Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald
The “combat doctrine” is a universal 'Doctrine', it has rules and principles that have not changed since ancient times. You can learn about them in the Bible and the Sages, from Sun Tzu...
Parshat Ki Teitze
You can't ignore it Parsha and Its Implementation – Ki Tetzeh - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - 5779 - You can't ignore it
Parsha and Its Implementation – Ki Tetzeh - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - 5779
The Mitzvah of Hashabat Abeida (return a lost item) which appears in our Parasha, is one of the most familiar and learned mitzvot from an early age. But expanding the learning from the Rishonim and Achr...
Parshat Ki Tavo
'Slichot' and longing for Judaism Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald – The Parasha in our everyday life- Ki Tavoh - 5781 - 'Slichot' and longing for Judaism
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald – The Parasha in our everyday life- Ki Tavoh - 5781
Last week, as part of my reserve service, I had the opportunity to visit the IDF base of Safed, my childhood hometown. There, as in probably many other bases, dozens of 'non-religious' so...
Parshat Ki Tavo
Agriculture in Israel – Holiness or a Strategic Means for Survival - Parshat Ki Tavo – Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald
Our parsha opens with the mitzvah of Bikurim, an agricultural mitzvah unique to Eretz Israel, which entails bringing the first fruits of our agricultural labors to Beit HaMikdash. "And you will take from the first of every fruit which you will bring from yo...
Parshat Ki Tavo
Agriculture in Israel – Holiness or a Strategic Means for Survival - Parshat Ki Tavo – Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald
Our Parsha opens with the Mitzvah of Bikurim, an agricultural Mitzvah unique to Eretz Israel, which entails bringing the first fruits of our agricultural labors to Beit HaMikdash. "And you will take from the first of every fruit which you will bring from yo...
Parshat Ki Tavo
It doesn't finish even if it seems so. Parsha and its Implementation – Ki Tavoh - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - 5779 - It doesn't finish even if it seems so
Parsha and its Implementation – Ki Tavoh - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - 5779
A long-awaited look at something to happen, a long-term effort to achieve some goal or fulfill some ideology means, that when it happens or when it´s reached, it seems that we can final...
Parshat Ki Tavo
Joy, memory and gratitude: planning for strength and victory - Parashat Hashavua - Parshat Ki Tavo 5784 - Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald - Joy, memory and gratitude: planning for strength and victory
Parashat Hashavua - Parshat Ki Tavo - and the war of the 'Iron Swords' 5784
Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald
Praying for the IDF soldiers' success, to safeguard them lest any harm come to them, to the healing of all the wounded and the re...
Parshat Ki Tavo
People who remember their past, their present is solid and their future is assured The Parasha in our everyday life – Parashat Ki Tavo 5782 Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - - People who remember their past,
their present is solid and their future is assured
The Parasha in our everyday life – Parashat Ki Tavo 5782
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - Head of the Hesder Yeshiva 'Meir Harel' Modiin
During the past year, I spoke at leading high schools from the north, about 'how...
Parshat Ki Tavo
Preserving the National Consciousness and Mind Engineering Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald The Parasha in the everyday life – Parashat Ki Tavoh – 5780 - Preserving the National Consciousness and Mind Engineering
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald
The Parasha in the everyday life – Parashat Ki Tavoh – 5780
Our Parsha begins with the Commandment of the Bikurim. (The First-fruits or Bikurim were a sacrificial gift brought up to the altar). Bringing the first...
Parshat Ki Tavo
When is it time to stop and recalculate our route Parshah and its realization – Parashat Ki Tavoh 5783 - Rabbi Eliezer Chaim Shenvald - When is it time to stop and recalculate our route
Parshah and its realization – Parashat Ki Tavoh 5783
Rabbi Eliezer Chaim Shenvald
It was a starry night in the south, day and a half before the end of the team exercise, after days of great effort, without enough hours of sleep and very little...
Parshat Nitzavim
Jewish standing together and the different time challenges Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald – The Parasha in our everyday life - Nitzavim - Rosh Hashanah – 5782 - Jewish standing together and the different time challenges
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald – The Parasha in our everyday life - Nitzavim - Rosh Hashanah – 5782
Rosh Hashanah is upon us. It is time for 'Cheshbon HaNefesh'- an accounting of the soul, and for setting goals for the coming year. Also for an o...
Parshat Nitzavim
Let us search and examine our ways, within the Religious Zionism Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald The Parasha in the everyday life- Parashat Nitzavim – 5780 - Let us search and examine our ways, within the Religious Zionism
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald
The Parasha in the everyday life- Parashat Nitzavim – 5780
In our Parasha, repentance is mentioned in several contexts:
וְשַׁבְתָּ֞ עַד ה' אֱלֹקיךָ֙ וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֣ בְ...
Parshat Nitzavim
Parshat Nitzavim- Rav Eliezer Shenvald - Parshat Nitzavim - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald
"G-d will not agree to forgive him. For then G-d's wrath and jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curses written in this book will rest upon him…" (Devarim 29:19)
Forgiveness is one of the foundation stones of the mutual relationships betwee...
Parshat Nitzavim
State and Religion and a choice in life The Parasha in our everyday life- Parashat Nitzavim - Rosh Hashanah 5783 Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - State and Religion and a choice in life
The Parasha in our everyday life- Parashat Nitzavim - Rosh Hashanah 5783
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - Head of the Hesder Yeshiva 'Meir Harel' Modiin
One of the main issues in the public discourse is the relation between state and religion. This takes place a...
Parshat Nitzavim
We stand in sectoral and national unity Parsha and its implementation - Nitzavim 5779 - Rosh Hashana 5780 Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - We stand in sectoral and national unity
Parsha and its implementation - Nitzavim 5779 - Rosh Hashana 5780 Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald
At the opening of Parashat Nitzavim, Moshe Rabbeinu congregates the entire nation and brings them into a unity status and a covenant:
אַתֶּ֨ם נִצָּבִ֤ים הַיּוֹם֙ כֻּ...
Parshat Vayelech
From that Yom Kippur to this Yom Kippur Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald – The Parasha in our everyday life - Vayelech - Shabbat Teshuvah – Yom Kippur 5782 - From that Yom Kippur to this Yom Kippur
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald – The Parasha in our everyday life - Vayelech - Shabbat Teshuvah – Yom Kippur 5782
Since the Yom Kippur War, another aspect has been added to the atmosphere of repentance of the High Holidays בֵּין כֶּסֶה לֶעָשׂוֹר 'between Rosh Hash...
Parshat Vayelech
The failure of the conception and its repair The Parasha in our everyday life – Parshat Vayelech -Shabbat Tshuva - and Yom Kippur 5783 Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - The failure of the conception and its repair
The Parasha in our everyday life – Parshat Vayelech -Shabbat Tshuva - and Yom Kippur 5783
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - Head of the Hesder Yeshiva 'Meir Harel' Modiin
The most effective way to prevent future failures, is to identify the possible causes o...
Parshat Vayelech
The single and plural Teshuva Parsha and its Implementation - Vayelech - Shabbat Teshuva and Yom Kippur - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - 5780 - The single and plural Teshuva
Parsha and its Implementation - Vayelech - Shabbat Teshuva and Yom Kippur - Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - 5780
Shabbat Vayelech is also "Shabbat Teshuva" and preparation for Yom Kippur. In our Parasha, the Torah commands the status of the “Hakhel” -Assemble. And we seek...
Parshat Haazinu
Harvest! Ruth! Parsha and its implementation – Ha'azinu – Sukkot- Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - 5780 - Harvest! Ruth!
Parsha and its implementation – Ha'azinu – Sukkot- Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - 5780
Parashat Ha'azinu signs with parting words from Moshe Rabbeinu, in anticipation of his expected death: "
וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר ה' אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה בְּעֶ֛צֶם הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר עֲלֵ֡ה אֶל־הַר֩ הָעֲבָרִ֨ים הַז...
Parshat Haazinu
Identity, uniqueness and destiny The Parasha in our everyday life, Parashat Ha’azinu - Sukkot 5783 Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - Identity, uniqueness and destiny
The Parasha in our everyday life, Parashat Ha’azinu - Sukkot 5783
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald - Head of the Hesder Yeshiva 'Meir Harel' Modiin
One of the issues that accompany the existence of the nation of Israel on the stage of history, and up to our present day,...
Parshat Haazinu
Intergenerational transition and continuity Parshah and its realization - Parashat Ha'azinu - Shabbat Tshuva 5784 Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald - Intergenerational transition and continuity
Parshah and its realization - Parashat Ha'azinu - Shabbat Tshuva 5784
Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald
Israel's generations are built one on top of the other like a floor on top of another floor. The new generation has to continue the path, otherwise all...
Parshat Haazinu
Parshat Hashavua – Parashat Ha'azinu - Rosh Hashanah – 5785 Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald - “Tichleh Shana Ve'etgareha” – “may the year and its challenges come to an end,
“Tachel Shana Uvirchoteha VeTikvoteha” – “may the year and its blessings and hopes commence.”
Parshat Hashavua – Parashat Ha'azinu - Rosh Hashanah – 5785
Rabbi Eliezer Haim Shenvald
Praying for the IDF soldiers' s...
Parshat Haazinu
The repentance and the social component Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald The Parasha in the everyday life- Shabbat Teshuvah / Yom Kippur and Parashat Ha’azinu - 5781 - The repentance and the social component
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald
The Parasha in the everyday life- Shabbat Teshuvah / Yom Kippur and Parashat Ha’azinu - 5781
At the end of the poem in Parashat Ha'azinu, Moshe Rabbeinu commands the people:
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ שִׂ֣ימוּ לְבַבְכֶ֔ם לְכָל־הַדְּבָרִ...
Parshat Haazinu
The Song of Ha'azinu The Song of the Eternal Strategic Covenant between G-d and Am Israel - Parshat Ha'azinu – Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald
The song of Ha'azinu – the song of the eternal covenant between G-d and Israel - is, in a way, the "contract" of the covenant which was made between G-d and Am Israel before they entered the Land. Parshat Ha'azinu is unique in that the Talmud itself divide...
Parshat Haazinu
The Sukkah and the illusion of a hermetic protection Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald – The Parasha in our everyday life – Ha’azinu - Sukkot 5782 - The Sukkah and the illusion of a hermetic protection
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald – The Parasha in our everyday life – Ha’azinu - Sukkot 5782
The holiday of Sukkot and the Mitzvah of sitting in the sukkah are very popular in Israel. Jewish creativity was put to use throughout the ages to build the suk...