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The die was cast. King Achashverosh granted Haman a genocidal license against the Jewish nation. Mordechai was one of the first to learn of the plot and he appealed to Queen Esther for help. Esther explained that it was dangerous even for her to enter the king’s chambers unbidden. Mordechai …

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Ki Tetze: A License To Eat

August 14, 2021 – 10:52 pm | Comments Off on Ki Tetze: A License To Eat894 views
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When you work in your fellow’s vineyard, you have a license to eat his grapes. When you visit your neighbor’s vineyard, you don’t have a license to eat. If you pluck a grape during a visit without permission, it is theft.
How much can you eat if you work in the …

Ki Tetze: A Winning Strategy

August 22, 2020 – 10:40 pm | Comments Off on Ki Tetze: A Winning Strategy1,253 views
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When you go to war, you need a winning strategy. It doesn’t matter how strong or weak your army is, success depends on the strategy. If the generals devise a winning strategy, you have a chance of winning the war. If they don’t have a winning strategy, you have lost …

Ki Teze: The Size of a Mitzvah

September 7, 2019 – 10:18 pm | Comments Off on Ki Teze: The Size of a Mitzvah1,501 views
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G-d did not disclose the nature of the reward that we receive for performing a Mitzvah so that we would not give preference to any ne Mitzvah over another. However, lest we assume that difficult-to-perform-mitzvot are more important than those that come easily, the Torah presents us with two mitzvot …

Ki Tetze: No Big Deal

August 18, 2018 – 11:40 pm | Comments Off on Ki Tetze: No Big Deal1,903 views
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It’s just one small infraction, no big deal.
This is a common argument that we hear often, but only in our own heads. We would never be brazen enough to justify our infractions to others with this argument, but we say it to ourselves.
Suppose, you are leaving a hotel and want …

Ki Tetze: A Happy Marriage

August 27, 2017 – 7:49 am | Comments Off on Ki Tetze: A Happy Marriage2,488 views
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Marriage
Having attended two weddings this month and planning to attend two more next month, marriage is no doubt on my mind. Everyone says that marriage is hard work, yet at a wedding, when an innocent young man and woman are initiated into an endless cycle of hard work, we rejoice …

Ki Tetze: Character Lessons

September 10, 2016 – 10:51 pm | Comments Off on Ki Tetze: Character Lessons2,891 views
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Abomination
When you hear the word abomination, which sin do you think of? Well we all know which one we think of, but that is not the only sin that the Torah calls an abomination. In fact, all carnal sins are characterized as such. It therefore comes as a surprise that …

Ki Tetze: The Strongest Marriage

September 10, 2016 – 10:47 pm | Comments Off on Ki Tetze: The Strongest Marriage2,418 views
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A Marriage
“Ah, Marriage,” sighed a middle aged man. “The other day I was admiring myself in a full length mirror and I asked my wife whether she would still like me when I am bald, fat and old. ‘I do,’ she replied.”
Marriages are notorious for one-line zingers, but we tell …

Ki Tetze: It’s Not Yours

August 31, 2014 – 2:00 am | Comments Off on Ki Tetze: It’s Not Yours2,578 views
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Eating Grapes
Did you know that by Jewish law you may pick fruit that is not yours so long as you eat them in the garden from which you’ve plucked them?
I’m not kidding, here is the relevant text. “When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat all the grapes you …