Collections of Thoughts and Poetry

#alone #parshateikev #afterthe #torah #eikev #moses #whilesittingalone #amomentalone #lessonslearned It is nearly a year since I have had the privilege of writing these poems about the parshiyot. This week as I read Parshat Eikev and note how Moshe is running out of time and trying hard to impart the important lessons of torah. I tried to imagine a person hearing those words. He was not born in Egypt, but was brought by his parents to the desert. They are no longer with him.

#itisnotbecauseofyou #becauseofyou #responsible #irresponsible #eikev #parshateikev Parshat Eikev continues Moshe's talk with B'nei Yisrael where over and over again it is emphasized that it is not on the merit of the Hebrews that they have the privilege to enter The Land but because God chose them for this special privilege. Moshe looks backward and notes that the Hebrews have been repeatedly tested by Gd because God is a father figure to the people of Israel and wished to