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2019 was a great year for Root Source, but (while it’s a little uncomfortable to say the same about 2020 because of Covid-19,) I have to report that 2020 was an even better, FANTASTIC year for us!
Ha’azinu: Rabbi Gedalia Meyer’s Weekly Torah Study Our popular Root Source teacher Rabbi Gedalia Meyer has begun giving a short weekly teaching on the Weekly Portion for the Temple Institute. We are grateful to our friends at the Temple Institute who have allowed us to provide Rabbi Meyer’s teachings here too. If you’ve never been to the …
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Sukkot 2020 (October 2-9, 2020) Sukkot is a weeklong Jewish holiday that comes five days after Yom Kippur. Sukkot celebrates the gathering of the harvest and commemorates the miraculous protection G‑d provided for the children of Israel when they left Egypt. We celebrate Sukkot by dwelling in a foliage-covered booth (known as a sukkah) and …
Who likes to admit that they did something wrong? Most of us have a very difficult time of this all year. Certainly it takes a lot of humility to be able to approach a friend, a spouse, a co- worker and ask for forgiveness for something you did. How do I bring it up? What …
NEW VIDEO: A Song of ThanksPlease take 3:30 seconds to enjoy and share the song.Perhaps we can truly change the world, just by saying Thank You Sorry if it sounds presumptuous, however I recently heard that numerous representatives of Israeli Knesset and Aliyah departments have met to discuss the potential Aliyah of more than 500,000 …
Our popular Root Source teacher Rabbi Gedalia Meyer has begun giving a short weekly teaching on the Weekly Portion for the Temple Institute. We are grateful to our friends at the Temple Institute who have allowed us to provide Rabbi Meyer’s teachings here too. If you’ve never been to the Temple Institute’s website, now’s your chance! click here!
Congratulations to our Bridgebuilder Yael Eckstein for being included in the Jerusalem Post’s 2020 list of the 50 Most Influential Jews. Her profile there was actually titled Bridge Builder!
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This week’s portion of Haazinu Deuteronomy 32:1-32:52, contains the song mentioned in last week’s portion, which God told Moses to teach the Children of Israel so they would always understand the consequences of their actions. It ends with Moses preparing to die before the people cross into the Promised Land. Topic 1: God’s Kindness to …
NEW VIDEO: https://youtu.be/0u_-1hICSeM I would like to start my personal request for “selichah,” forgiveness by saying to Hashem, “I am so sorry if I got in the way. I thought I knew well enough and didn’t need the guidance and help. I promise to make space for Your leading the way.” I have been blessed …
Our popular Root Source teacher Rabbi Gedalia Meyer has begun giving a short weekly teaching on the Weekly Portion for the Temple Institute. We are grateful to our friends at the Temple Institute who have allowed us to provide Rabbi Meyer’s teachings here too. If you’ve never been to the Temple Institute’s website, now’s your chance! click …
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What: It is the birthday of the universe, the day G‑d created Adam and Eve, and it’s celebrated as the head of the Jewish year. When: The first two days of the Jewish new year, Tishrei 1 and 2, beginning at sundown on the eve of Tishrei 1. Rosh Hashanah 2020 begins at sundown on …
RELEASE OF NEW VIDEOA Song of Thanks Please take 3:30 seconds to enjoy and share the song and it’s timely important message with your friends “and it will be (a great “simchah”) when you come to The Land” (D’vraim 26.1). That it is! That it was and always will be. “Hodu La’Hashem Ki Tov, ki …
Our popular Root Source teacher Rabbi Gedalia Meyer has begun giving a short weekly teaching on the Weekly Portion for the Temple Institute. We are grateful to our friends at the Temple Institute who have allowed us to provide Rabbi Meyer’s teachings here too. If you’ve never been to the Temple Institute’s website, now’s your chance! click here!
NITZAVIM This week’s portion Nitzavim Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20 is one of the shortest in the Torah, with a mere 40 verses (next week’s Vayelech has only 30). Even when the two are combined, which happens most years, they number fewer verses than most other single portions. The verses themselves, however, are longer than those in most …
Our musical friend Yehudah Katz would like to say a few words about his brand new song and video. Dear Friends, For the past 6 months to four years we have seen a very sad situation of growth of hatred and dissension in the world. In my humble opinion, this all began 60 years ago …
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Hi, Gidon here. This topic might be over the heads of some of our Root Source readers, but others (including you, I’m sure:-) will be excited about this development as I am. This rabbi, Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, is one of the most important rabbis in Israel today in my humble opinion:-) and in fact the …
This week’s music https://youtu.be/IzXHpOsPUqg I clearly remember the day that Rabbi Menachem Fruman, of blessed memory, returned from his meeting in Turkey with Prime Minister Erdogan following the Marmara incident of 2010. The meeting took place on a Friday. Rabbi Fruman returned to Tekoa for Shabbat. On Shabbat morning when we recited the prayer for protection …
Our popular Root Source teacher Rabbi Gedalia Meyer has begun giving a short weekly teaching on the Weekly Portion for the Temple Institute. We are grateful to our friends at the Temple Institute who have allowed us to provide Rabbi Meyer’s teachings here too. If you’ve never been to the Temple Institute’s website, now’s your chance! click here!
This week’s portion Ki Tavo Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8 contains the extended blessings and curses which the Children of Israel will earn, depending on whether they keep or violate God’s covenant. It also details the ceremony of the first fruits which must be brought to the Temple, as well as the declaration over the second tithe. Topic …
Chodesh Tov! The month of Elul has arrived and it’ s significance is upon us like never before. Hashem has been calling out to us over the past six months “b’kol ram,” with a great voice. The time has come for us to respond. “Ani L’dodi v’dodi li.” (I am to my beloved and my …
Our popular Root Source teacher Rabbi Gedalia Meyer has begun giving a short weekly teaching on the Weekly Portion for the Temple Institute. We are grateful to our friends at the Temple Institute who have allowed us to provide Rabbi Meyer’s teachings here too. If you’ve never been to the Temple Institute’s website, now’s your chance! click here!
This week’s portion Ki Teitzei Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19, covers an array of commandments for a variety of circumstances, from marriage and relationships to caring for the less fortunate. Some of the commandments pertain to man’s relationship with God, but most of them address the relationship between fellow humans. Like the rest of the book of Deuteronomy, …
Our popular Root Source teacher Rabbi Gedalia Meyer has begun giving a short weekly teaching on the Weekly Portion for the Temple Institute. We are grateful to our friends at the Temple Institute who have allowed us to provide Rabbi Meyer’s teachings here too. If you’ve never been to the Temple Institute’s website, now’s your chance! click here!
This portion Shoftim Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9, deals extensively with the legal system the people must establish when they enter the land. From courts to kings and priests to false witnesses and murderers, the portion details what God expects the people to do in each case. The portion then goes on by instructing the people in proper …