http://www.innerstream.ca/blog Insights into Torah, the weekly Parsha, Holidays & Life Cycle Events. en-us Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:16:02 -0500 D'varim Blogware Rabbi Lazer http://www.innerstream.ca/blog/_archives/2008/8/3/3822727.html http://www.innerstream.ca/blog/_archives/2008/8/3/3822727.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:12:29 -0400 Seven Thoughts for Seven Days D'varim Torah Rabbi Lazer http://www.innerstream.ca/blog/_archives/2007/7/14/3093716.html http://www.innerstream.ca/blog/_archives/2007/7/14/3093716.html Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:02:06 -0400 In addition to teaching our children the horrors of the holocaust we must inculcate them with pride for Judaism. Learning about Jewish suffering doesn't endow them with Jewish pride. D'varim Purpose Rabbi Lazer http://www.innerstream.ca/blog/_archives/2006/6/23/2049572.html http://www.innerstream.ca/blog/_archives/2006/6/23/2049572.html Sun, 23 Jul 2006 00:58:23 -0400 Have you ever attended a service in a language you did not understand? I have and I must tell you that it left me uninspired. Why did Moses teach the Torah in languages his students didn't understand? D'varim Rabbi Lazer http://www.innerstream.ca/blog/_archives/2006/7/15/2125468.html http://www.innerstream.ca/blog/_archives/2006/7/15/2125468.html Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:35:48 -0400 As long as we follow the format of rabbinical tradition and do not deviate from the original intention of the written law the Almighty endorses our thoughts and incorporates them into Torah. Furthermore he views them as an extension of his original divine wisdom D'varim Rabbi Lazer http://www.innerstream.ca/blog/_archives/2006/7/15/2125458.html http://www.innerstream.ca/blog/_archives/2006/7/15/2125458.html Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:26:31 -0400 The pious are offset by the wicked just as the number two counters number one. The wicked mocks the piety of the righteous by arguing that it has never been tested. “Let’s see how he responds to temptation” the wicked one taunts. The pious has no answer but the penitent has the perfect retort. What is his retort? D'varim