19 chapters · by Rabbi Heschel Greenberg
Light from the Future: Parshas Nitzavim
Published by the Jewish Discovery Center. Every chapter is free to read below.
- Nitzavim – Beyond E Pluribus Unum The challenge of life is to strike a balance between two aspects of humanity; our external and internal personas: “External” refers to our…
- Nitzavim – Bringing Light Into the Darkness and Removing Darkness from the Light There are three approaches to darkness and light: The first focuses on the way we must look for light even as we sit in the darkness of exile. The…
- Nitzavim – Digging for the Roots with the Shofar There is a unique characteristic associated with thought: While thought is merely a “garment” of the soul, it is nevertheless a garment that can’t be…
- Nitzavim – Hearing the Sounds of Sinai There are times, however, when the echoes of Sinai are muted. The combined effect of our physical bodies, animal souls, materialistic pursuits and…
- Nitzavim – It's Not in Heaven Had G-d given us the Torah the way the angels would have wanted it, we would have had to become like angels. Our Torah would be a strictly cerebral…
- Nitzavim – No More Secrets We are standing poised to enter into a new era of goodness and holiness. We must do our part to make it happen as well as to prepare ourselves and the…
- Nitzavim – No Secrets When leading a Torah life leads to a good physical life, it is a demonstration that there is no dissonance between the spiritual and the physical. To…
- Nitzavim – No Standing! One must be prepared to yield and move aside when someone else’s interests are at stake. The parsha of Nitzavim underscores the virtue of stubbornness…
- Nitzavim – Rise Up! The worst form of decline is when one imagines that his or her decline is actually an improvement and a form of ascent. LIGHT FORM THE FUTURE –…
- Nitzavim – Standing Firm and Climbing Even Higher Shabbos is a day of rest also in the sense that the normal resistance we experience to spiritual matters is neutralized. LIGHT FORM THE FUTURE –…
- Nitzavim – The Last Mitzvah-The Seal of Judaism Rabbi Meir stated: A document is not complete unless it is signed. The Mitzvah of writing a Torah scroll is only considered a written Torah when it is…
- Nitzavim – The Power of Preparation Rabbi Chananyah ben Akashya says: “G-d wanted to provide the Jewish people with merit so he increased for them the Torah and its commandments” We…
- Nitzavim – The Seven Steps of Closeness The Alter Rebbe took the core ideas of the Ba’al Shem Tov and transposed them into a systematic philosophical system that fused mysticism with…
- Nitzavim – The Song That Never Ends Aa song touches a part of our soul that words cannot reach. Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi stated: “Speech is the pen of the heart, melody is the pen…
- Nitzavim – The Year of Teshuah- Salvation As the national election season heats up, we have to remember that our salvation does not come from an elected official, no matter how human, noble…
- Nitzavim – Ultimate Life and Goodness We live in a paradoxical age. We stand on the cusp of the Messianic Age, which will usher in a new dimension of and appreciation for life. A t the…
- Nitzavim – United We Stand By accepting every Jew, regardless of their lowly status, we demonstrate that our love for our fellow is not just predicated on the logical premise…
- Nitzavim – Who Blesses the New Year? The divine energies that are generated on any given Holiday are dependent on our actions to make them more revealed and pronounced. When there is no…
- Nitzavim – Why?! While the forces of unmitigated evil have wreaked havoc on the bodies and buildings of thousands of Americans, evil cannot and will not destroy the…