Little things count. Details matter.

What is really important in Jewish life? Fasting on Yom Kippur? Attending a seder on Passover night? Marrying in the faith?

For many, those big and very important traditions may well be the beginning and end of their Jewish “observant” Jew, much more than those very basic traditions would be necessary.

Our Torah reading this week is Ekev . The word literally means “because.”

“And it shall be that because you will listen to these laws, and you will observe and perform them, that God will keep His covenant with you and … He will love you, bless you, and multiply you … ”(Deuteronomy 7: 12-15). And a host of blessings, including health and wealth, will follow because we will keep the faith.

But why does the Torah use the unusual word Ekev to mean b

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