http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/ Weekly insights into the Parsha from Rabbi David Walk of Yeshivat HaMivtar Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:51:51 GMT David Walk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/367 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/367 CONTEXT Va?year-5770 Rabbi David Walk This is embarrassing. In 1953 Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel addressed the convention of the Rabbinical Assembly of the Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:16:31 GMT David Walk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/366 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/366 LEGACY Lech Licha-5770 Rabbi David Walk It?s always so comforting to return to warm spaces and pleasant places. That?s the way I feel every year when we Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:55:56 GMT David Walk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/365 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/365 PERFECTION Noach-5770 Rabbi David Walk Every year we read about Noach again, and I agonize over him. More than any Biblical character I?m perplexed by this Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:08:19 GMT David Walk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/364 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/364 FAMILIARITY & FAMILY Breishit-5770 Rabbi David Walk The S?fat Emet, the second Gerer Rebbe (Reb Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, 1840-1906) says that the great joy Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:29:52 GMT David Walk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/363 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/363 THE ISOLATION BOOTH Sukkot-5770 Rabbi David Walk Last week I discussed the duality of Yom Kippur. This week it's the schizophrenia of Sukkot on the analyst?s Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:59:04 GMT David Walk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/362 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/362 CRIME & PUNISHMENT SIN & REHABILITATION Yom Kippur-5770 Rabbi David Walk If someone asked you to close your eyes and they said the words Yom Kippur into your Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:05:07 GMT David Walk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/361 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/361 SUBPLOTS Rosh Hashanah-5770 Rabbi David Walk Hopefully everyone finds some time to prepare mentally and spiritually for the High Holidays. I?m always in Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:59:34 GMT David Walk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/360 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/360 THE HANDOFF Va'yeilach-Nitzavim-5769 Rabbi David Walk For some reason the National Football League never asked me for my opinion, but if they did, I'd tell Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:50:18 GMT David Walk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/359 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/359 HEADS OR TAILS Ki Tavo-5769 Rabbi David Walk Ever year when we get to the Torah readings of Ki Tavo and B'chukotai we rabbi types have to make a decision. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:02:11 GMT David Walk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/358 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/358 TIS THE SEASON Elul-5769 Rabbi David Walk Everybody has a busy season. For retailers it's December; for balabusters (Jewish domestic managers, I don't like Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:34:52 GMT David Walk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/357 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/357 PERFECTION Shoftim-5769 Rabbi David Walk Major League Baseball recently had its eighteenth perfect game. That's a very small number of occurrences over the Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:48:09 GMT David Walk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/356 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/356 THAT'S NOT KOSHER Re'eh-5769 Rabbi David Walk This is probably a mistake. Generally, writing about mitzvoth, as opposed to stories or philosophy, doesn't work Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:25:17 GMT David Walk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/355 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/355 WHY NOT NEW ZEALAND? Eikev-5769 Rabbi David Walk Those of us who obsessed over the Lord of the Rings trilogy will have no trouble believing those travelers who Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:56:38 GMT David Walk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/354 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/354 SAD COMFORT Tisha B'av & V'etchanan-5769 Rabbi David Walk There is a dilemma facing me this week. Should I write about Tisha B'av, the great day of national Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:17:46 GMT David Walk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/353 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WalkThroughTheParsha/message/353 ISAIAH vs JEREMIAH Devarim-5769 Rabbi David Walk Doesn't that title sound like a heavy weight fight, or a blockbuster movie like Alien vs Predator? Well, it's