Parsha:

Eikev 

Description

In Parashat Ekev, we are confronted with one of the most compelling - and counter-intuitive - obligations in all Torah. "You too must befriend the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt." Too often, we have "tamed" this mitzvah to fit our needs rather than confront the profound - and gracious - imposition that it places upon us. This mitzvah asks us, demands of us, to challenge the very hear of who we are, to be willing - no, to be more than willing, to actively pursue - embracing the experience of the ger, to care for the ger. But who is the ger?