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Ha'Iggeret ~ The Message

Shira Kaplan

Nearly 35 years ago, my grandfather Dr. Bernard Kaplan started a weekly Torah newsletter - a “unique journal of original and plagiarized Jewish thought.” When I started a weekly Torah email in the fall of 2019 (called Emunah Until the Sunset), I had no idea. A few months in, my family mentioned his newsletters, called Ha'Iggeret, or the Message. It struck me as incredibly Divine that the tzadik of... more

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Throughout the Torah, we hear many descriptions of Moshe (Moses), but a particularly powerful descriptor comes once he has died at the age of 120. more

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Wow we’re in the second-to-last portion of the Torah! Moshe Rabbenu, Moses our Teacher, for the entire book of Devarim (Deuteronomy) has been giving B’nei Yisrael, the Children of Israel, his last words of wisdom. As we know, Moshe, will not be enter... more

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The Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is called Shabbat Shuva, or the Shabbat of Return. Not, as could be easily misunderstood as Shabbat TEshuva (Shabbat of Repentance). Of course the word for Teshuva is related to shuva because they both... more

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A few weeks after I graduated college in 2019, I staffed a Hillel International Birthright trip. If you have had the immense privilege to be a participant on a Birthright trip, you know there are 2 very important Israeli cogs in the machine that is a... more

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There’s a really long, really unique declaration in regard to the mitzvah of “bikkurim” that is made in this week’s parsha. Bikkurim refers to the mitzvah of bringing the first of your fruits to the Beit HaMikdash, the Temple in Jerusalem. more

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Ki Teitzei, this week’s parsha, has the most number of mitzvot mentioned in all of the 54 parsha installments. These mitzvot are pretty miscellaneous — paying wages on time, family inheritence, treatment of domestic animals, weights and measures, and... more

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There is a famous pasuk (line) in this parsha - one that every Millenial / Gen Z, socially conscious person you know has written on their water bottles, computers, coffee cups, etc — צֶ֥דֶק צֶ֖דֶק תִּרְדֹּ֑ף, Justice, justice, you shall pursue. more

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We learn in the Talmud (Rosh Hashanah 26A) that a person who has seen a crime committed cannot serve as a judge in the case. Why? When someone has seen a person commit a capital crime, they cannot possibly exonerate them. Judges are supposed to look ... more

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5.0 out of 5 stars from 8 ratings
  • Inspiring!

    You do a wonderful job summarizing the weekly Torah portion. You make it easy to understand and thought provoking!

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    5
    ciwboysam18
    United States3 years ago
  • Love it!

    Her podcast is such an accessible way of keeping up with the weekly parshah.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Jkaplan7
    United States3 years ago
  • Ha’Iggeret

    Shira’s words are refreshing each and every week. I look forward to Thursday evenings knowing I will be able to “hear” from her!

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    5
    dbkaplan
    United States4 years ago
  • Really informative and impressive!

    Thank you for your insightful thoughts and easy to understand explanations!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    reader*18
    United States4 years ago
  • Insightful and Palatable for the Layman

    Shira makes biblical teachings understandable to even the least educated of us. She makes me excited to learn about Judaism and our history as a people.

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    5
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