Deuteronomy Archives - Stephen Wise Temple

Daily Kavanah – Shabbat Message From Rabbi Yoshi – Friday, September 1, 2023

Did your parents ever tell you, "Just do your best"? Maybe it was before a big exam that you were especially anxious [...]

By RHusany|2023-09-05T09:46:22-07:00September 1st, 2023|Categories: Daily Kavanah, Holidays, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback|Tags: bikurim, community, Deuteronomy, effort, Elul, High Holy Days, inspiration, intention, labor, mitzvah, parenting, reflection, Shabbat|Comments Off

Daily Kavanah – Thursday, August 17, 2023

צֶ֥דֶק צֶ֖דֶק תִּרְדֹּ֑ף לְמַ֤עַן תִּֽחְיֶה֙ וְיָרַשְׁתָּ֣ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽךְ׃ "Justice, justice shall you pursue, that you may thrive and occupy [...]

By RHusany|2023-08-17T08:37:59-07:00August 17th, 2023|Categories: Daily Kavanah, Rabbi Ron Stern, Tikkun Olam|Tags: Deuteronomy, discrimination, justice, prejudice, race, racial justice, tikkun olam, Torah, tzedek|Comments Off

Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, August 16, 2023

צֶ֥דֶק צֶ֖דֶק תִּרְדֹּ֑ף לְמַ֤עַן תִּֽחְיֶה֙ וְיָרַשְׁתָּ֣ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽךְ׃ "Justice, justice shall you pursue, that you may thrive and occupy [...]

By RHusany|2023-08-14T11:25:18-07:00August 16th, 2023|Categories: Daily Kavanah, Rabbi Ron Stern, Tikkun Olam|Tags: Deuteronomy, family, homeless, homelessness, Hope of the Valley, Hope the Mission, housing crisis, justice, L.A. Family Housing, L.A. Voice, LA Family Housing, tikkun olam, Torah, tzedek, unhoused|Comments Off

Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, August 15, 2023

צֶ֥דֶק צֶ֖דֶק תִּרְדֹּ֑ף לְמַ֤עַן תִּֽחְיֶה֙ וְיָרַשְׁתָּ֣ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽךְ׃ "Justice, justice shall you pursue, that you may thrive and occupy [...]

By RHusany|2023-08-11T16:12:52-07:00August 15th, 2023|Categories: Daily Kavanah, Rabbi Ron Stern, Tikkun Olam|Tags: air quality, climate, climate activism, climate advocacy, climate change, Deuteronomy, justice, pollution, tikkun olam, Torah, tzedek|Comments Off

Daily Kavanah – Monday, August 14, 2023

צֶ֥דֶק צֶ֖דֶק תִּרְדֹּ֑ף לְמַ֤עַן תִּֽחְיֶה֙ וְיָרַשְׁתָּ֣ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽךְ׃ "Justice, justice shall you pursue, that you may thrive and occupy [...]

By RHusany|2023-08-11T16:11:50-07:00August 14th, 2023|Categories: Daily Kavanah, Rabbi Ron Stern, Tikkun Olam|Tags: Deuteronomy, judges, justice, magistrates, police, tikkun olam, Torah, tzedek|Comments Off

Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, July 25, 2023

This Wednesday evening and Thursday, Jews throughout the world will observe Tisha B’Av, the Ninth of Av, which the sages set aside as [...]

By RHusany|2023-07-24T13:24:45-07:00July 25th, 2023|Categories: Daily Kavanah, Holidays, Rabbi Josh Knobel|Tags: Bar Kamtza, Deuteronomy, Jerusalem, Jewish history, Jewish identity, Judea, memory, Pharisees, prophets, Romans, Rome, Sadducees, Sinat Chinam, Tisha B'Av, Torah|Comments Off

Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, July 19, 2023

D'varim As the mourning of the three previous weeks anticipates its apogee with the observance of Tisha B’Av—the tradition’s full day of mourning [...]