by Shlomo Ressler | Aug 27, 2012 | 5:6-Parshat Ki Tetzei, Devarim / Deuteronomy
Aliya Summary: Commandments discussed in this Aliya: Speedy burial of the deceased, returning a lost object to its owner, aiding a neighbor when his animal has fallen because of its burden, the prohibition against cross-dressing, and the obligation to send away a...
by Shlomo Ressler | Aug 26, 2012 | 5:6-Parshat Ki Tetzei, Devarim / Deuteronomy
General Overview: This week’s reading, Ki Teitzei, contains 74 commandments, more mitzvot than any other Torah portion. Some of the commandments discussed: the law of the rebellious son, the obligation to bury the dead without undue delay, the requirement to...
by Shlomo Ressler | Sep 9, 2011 | 5:6-Parshat Ki Tetzei, Devarim / Deuteronomy
Aliya Summary: We are forbidden to withhold or delay a worker’s wages. Relatives’ testimony is inadmissible in a court of law. Various mandatory gifts for the poor are discussed. The procedure for corporal punishment is outlined. The mitzvah of Levirate...
by Shlomo Ressler | Sep 9, 2011 | 5:6-Parshat Ki Tetzei, Devarim / Deuteronomy
Aliya Summary: More mitzvot: A newlywed man is exempt from military service for a full year. It is forbidden to accept utensils used to prepare food as loan security or to forcibly take a debtor’s possessions as collateral, and a poor man’s security must...
by Shlomo Ressler | Sep 8, 2011 | 5:6-Parshat Ki Tetzei, Devarim / Deuteronomy
Aliya Summary: This Aliya details the right of field workers to eat from the produce they are harvesting. The Torah then briefly discusses marriage and the bill of divorce. A divorced couple cannot remarry if the woman has been remarried to another man (and divorced...
by Shlomo Ressler | Sep 7, 2011 | 5:6-Parshat Ki Tetzei, Devarim / Deuteronomy, Weekly Dvar
At the very end of Parshat Ki Tetzei we encounter one of the more famous commandments, instructing us to remember what Amalek did to us as we left Egypt. While the whole world saw the Jews as untouchables, Amalek decided to kill us by attacking the weak people lagging...
