Va’etchanan, וָאֶתְחַנַּן

From there, from that very place, from the far-flung place of exile where you have been banished, from the very depths of emotional suffering, from that very place itself, you will find God. (Click image to read more)

Often in life, one feels some slight dissonance or discomfort, as if you are a square peg trying to fit into a round hole. There is your true self and then there is what you have to do to get through the day and they don’t always match up exactly. The world has expectations, institutions

Among many other remarkable parts of this week’s parsha (including the Shma and the second recounting of the Ten Commandments), the Torah reports that Moshe took the time to designate three Cities of Refuge on the eastern side of the Jordan. Moshe has just told the people that he begged to go into the land