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Chumash Devarim​​


Parshat Devarim
- '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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 Vaetchanan
- 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 - 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
- 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
- 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 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 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 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 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 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
- 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 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
- 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 - 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
- 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 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 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 - 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 – 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
- “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 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 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 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 *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 In recent times, the idea of replacing Ben-Gurion's "People's Army Model"(*1), with the model of "Mercenary,...

Parshat Ki Teitze
- 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
- 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 - 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 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 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
- 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
- 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 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
- 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 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 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 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 In our Parasha, repentance is mentioned in several contexts: וְשַׁבְתָּ֞ עַד ה' אֱלֹקיךָ֙ וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֣ בְ...

Parshat Nitzavim
- 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 - 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 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 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 - 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 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 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 - 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 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
- 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
- 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 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...

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