Tag: moses’ song

Let My Teaching Drop as Rain (Ha’azinu 5780)

7th October 2019

In the glorious song with which Moses addresses the congregation, he invites the people to think of the Torah – … Read more

29th September 2019

At the end of his life, having given the Israelites at God’s behest 612 commands, Moses gave them the final … Read more

5th August 2019

Imagine the following scenario. You are 119 years and 11 months old. The end of your life is in sight. … Read more

26th September 2018

Each year, as we near the end of the Mosaic books and Moses’ life, I find myself asking: Did … Read more

17th September 2018

In March 2015 I had a public conversation at Yale with the University’s President Peter Salovey. The occasion was quite … Read more

18th September 2017

That very day the Lord spoke to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is … Read more

24th July 2017

As we begin reading the fifth and final book of the Torah, I would like to discuss three questions. First, … Read more

10th October 2016

With Ha’azinu we climb to one of the peaks of Jewish spirituality. For a month Moses had taught the people. … Read more

22nd January 2013

“That day, God saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians . . . The Israelites saw the great power … Read more