BDJ Daily Torah

Rabbi Kanefsky points out the differences in the Ten Commandments as described in Parshat Vaetchanan compared to the list in Parshat Yitro, especially in regard to Shabbat.

Guest Contributor Sheldon Kasdan shows how doing "the righteous and the good" is a critical verse, working hand-in-hand with the 613 Commandments. And Baseball.

Rabbi Kanefsky demonstrates how Moshe's retelling of the Jewish people's encounter at Mt. Sinai, juxtaposed with G-d's refusal to allow him to enter the land of Israel, is actually a warning against idolatry.

Continuing the discussion of permanent Daylight Saving Time, Rabbi Kanefsky examines how it would affect the requirement that Tefillin be worn in the daytime, not when it's dark.

Rabbi Kanefsky quotes Sforno who explains the true meaning of "righteous statutes and laws" mentioned by Moshe at the start of Parshat Vaetchanan.

With the issue once again in the news, Rabbi Kanefsky refers to a 1971 letter by Rav Moshe Feinstein, strongly opposing a plan to impose permanent Daylight Saving Time.

Rabbi Kanefsky points to the Haftarah of Parshat Devarim: Isaiah describes the Jewish people's connection to G-d as a damaged...even betrayed...parent-child relationship, in which the pain is strong, but so is the potential for redemption.

Concluding his discussion of scooters on Shabbat, Rabbi Kanefsky shows that even those who permit children to ride scooters, tend to prohibit adults from doing the same, unless it's for the express purpose of going to the synagogue.