Parashah Roundup: Bechukosai 5768

by Steve Brizel

Reward and Punishment

R. Aharon Lichtenstein suggests that we employ a sophisticated, as opposed to a simplistic approach to issues of Scar Vonesh and similar issues and avoid theodicy-tinged and based considerations: link

Maaser Sheni and Chinuch

R. Ephraim Buchwald explores the relationship between Maaser Sheni, Chinuch and Jewish continuity: link

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R. Mayer Twersky suggests that striving in Torah growth is part and parcel of man being mobile, as opposed to being stationary: link

R. Yissocher Frand, based on the Ohr HaChaim, suggests that one should try to learn Torah, even by listening to a tape, suggests why a Vav is missing from Yaakov and the connection between the Tochacha and the Mitzvah of Erachin: link

R. Berel Wein explains the multiple messages of the Tochacha: link

R. Jonathan Sacks underscores the importance of hope as a key factor in the survival of the Jewish People: link

Lag BaOmer

R. Dovid Miller discusses the importance of Lag BaOmer as Kabbalas HaTorah of Toras HaSod: link (audio)

R. Yitzchak Breitowitz explores the contemporary application of a well known Machlokes between R Yishmael and R Shimon Bar Yochai: link 1, link 2

R. Asher Meir and R. Shlomo Riskin investigates why R Shimon Bar Yochai went back into the cave: link 1, link 2

Yom Hashoah Followup

R. Tamir Granot discusses different Charedi Hashkafic reactions to the Holocaust: link