August 20, 2022; Av 23, 5782
Parsha In this week’s Parsha, we find two separate admonitions not to forget Hashem. The first is found in the very beginning of the second Aliyah. The second is just three verses later- after the psukim mention the attainment of great wealth. Why is this concern of “forgetting Hashem” mentioned twice? It seems to be an unnecessarily redundancy!
The Gemorah in Sotah (5a) records a debate between Rav Nachman and Rava as to what the source is for the prohibition of exhibiting gaavah – arrogance...