Comments on Parashat Devarim By Dan Anbar

The book of Deuteronomy – Devarim – is different from the other four books in that it is not what one would expect.  It is not a continuation of the previous book, Numbers – Bamidbar, just as the book of Exodus – Shemot is a continuation of the book of Genesis –...

Comments on Haftarat Matot By Dan Anbar

Haftearat Matot begins with the first chapter of Jeremiah and concludes with the beginning of Jeremiah’s second prophesy.  It is the first of three “Haftarahs of Rebuke” that are read in the three Shabbatot preceding Tisha Be’Av – the date of the destruction of...