14 août 2011, par le rabbin Pauline Bebe
The very name of this parasha is a drash in of itself « Ekev » ; no need to go further. Sometimes a mere utterance is worth a long speech. As one of my teachers, rabbi Lionel Blue, used to say, you should always say the essential within five minutes. He must be right, proof being that he was elected the most popular broadcaster on the BBC radio for his thoughts for the day program ! Ekev, le talon, la trace et puisque, par voie de conséquence, What is the link between these three meanings ? (...)