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EIKEV 5759
PARSHA SUMMARYEikev If, you faithfully keep all that I command you, loving G-d, walking in all His ways, and clinging to Him, then G-d will drive out all these nations before you. Every area upon which your feet tread shall be yours. Your boundaries shall extend from the desert to the Lebanon and from the Euphrates River to the Mediterranean Sea.
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CELEBRATION The Fifteenth Of Av A day commemorating many happy events in Jewish history... 
EDUCATION Women Study 12 women, some laughing, others eating, are gathered around a table discussing a lecture they heard that morning. Their ages range from 16 to the late 30s. And while many have known each other for just a few days, they share jokes and confidences as if they were old friends. These are just some of the women who took part in Bais Chana, an intensive Jewish learning program for women recently held in Pennsylvania for the first time. 
CHILDRENA Mitzvah For Its Own Sake Rabbi Samuel listened to the proclamation in silence. He felt the pearl necklace in his pocket, and he knew it was the queen’s. He also knew that a rich reward awaited him at the palace should he return the necklace in good time. But he was in no hurry to return it. |
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INSIGHT On The Heels Of Moshiach Our sages relate the conjunctive eikev (if or because) to the noun eikev, which means "heel," the hindmost part of the foot and lowest part of the body. This word is used to describe the era right before Moshiach: "ikveta de'Meshicha - on the heels of Moshiach," i.e., close to his coming. That term has two connotations which seem to conflict with one another: Ikveta de'Meshicha suggests the last generation of the galut, thus the last stage of Jewish history of the pre-Messianic era. Last week's selection | |
