Why?: “Those who cannot remember the past rarely have lasting hope for their future.” Rabbi Berel Wein

“It is history that preserves men and nations from loss of memory, from loss of spiritual identity” J. Jacobs, excerpted from The Pentateuch and Haftorah's by J. H. Hertz.

We are required to know all the details of the laws that pertain to us, and how to apply those laws in our lives. We are not studying to determine what Halacha is, rather to determine how the “righteous” in the generations leading up to Sinai would have lived, what they did to be considered “righteous” in their times, How did Torah apply then, how does it apply now, and how will it apply in the future after the final redemption?

Recommended Texts:

Stones Chumash
The Pentateuch and Haftorahs, J.H. Hertz
Mishnah Torah; Laws of Kings, Rambam
The Divine Code, Rabbi Moshe Weiner
Service From The Heart, Okbns Press
Selected Portions of Nachmanides Commentary on the Torah,Ramban
Perkei D'Rebbi Eliezer, Vol. 1-2
Israel and Humanity, Rabbi Elijah Benamozegh

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