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Spiritual Crimes – Sidra Devarim

Weekly Sidra: Devarim Torah Portion: Devarim / Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 Haftorah: Yeshayahu / Isaiah 1:1-1:27 I was struck this week by all of the violence in our city.  Every day this past week there was reports of shootings across the city of Toronto.  It was capped by the shooting of innocent movie patrons in Colorado.  I thought to myself what is going on in our world? Hashem, through the prophet Isaiah, states that He will not hear Israel’s prayers because of crime. And when you lift up your hands, I will turn My eyes away from you; Though you pray at length, I will not listen. Your hands are stained with crime — (Isaiah 1:15) I thought about the fact that the world is full of crime.  There are robberies, murders and many other types of crime.  We may be guilty of committing spiritual crimes against Hashem and each other. In Matthew [...]