The Torah portion Savo opens with the commandment of Bikkurim, the First Fruit offering that was brought in a basket called a ten and given to a...
Text of Parshah (Hebrew with English translation) - Parshas Ki-Tavo.
Ki Savo means "when you enter," as in the verse, "When you enter the land which G-d... is giving you." At which point, according to Torah, does...
A short summary of the Torah portion read in the Synagogue on Shabbat.
Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi once received a silver snuffbox as gift. But the Rebbe did not want to put it to its intended use, and remarked...
Mount Eval is the mountain of curse. Concealed in the deep significance of the altar built there, though, we understand that Mount Eval ...
This Torah reading begins by charging the Jews to fulfill the mitzvah of bikkurim, the first fruits, when they "come into Eretz [Yisrael]." A Jew...
What does the mitzvah of "walking in His ways" (v. 9) teaches us that we do not already know from the requirements to, "love your fellow as...
The enchanting smell of the blossoming orchard accompanied Eliezer the farmer as he walked slowly up and down the rows of trees.
