Nitzavim, נִצָּבִים Standing 29:9-30:20
You don’t need to go traipsing around the world, and you certainly don’t need someone else to do it for you. “Karov hadavar me’od.” You have everything you need right here. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: It’s So Close, Right Here, Inside You (Parashat Nitzvaim-Vayelekh) Read More »
In this meditation, we explore the possibility that what we are seeking is very, very close – “karov hadavar me’od” — right here, inside us. (Click image to read more and listen)
MEDITATION: It’s So Close, Right Here, Inside You (Parashat Nitzavim-Vayelekh) Read More »
Parashat Nitzavim is always read on the shabbat before Rosh Hashanah, and in it, quite fittingly, is a poignant passage that speaks of the process of teshuva, of our return to God and to the land, after a long period of distancing and exile and scattering. The passage (Deuteronomy 30:1-10) uses the root שוב,
WOW (Word of the Week): שוב, Return (Parashat Nitzavim and Rosh Hashanah) Read More »
The parsha which always precedes Rosh Hashanah, Nitzavim, begins with the words Atem Nitzavim Hayom. “You stand here today” entering into a new covenant with God. The word hayom is a mantra in this parsha and throughout Devarim and also for the High Holiday season. Hayom literally means “the day” – in