If we use each house as a Jewish home saturated with Torah, Mitzvot, and loving kindness, then regardless of how rickety it is, it will be a permanent one that will live on.
It is rare to find a baal koreh who can pronounce all of these taamim with consistent accuracy. It is even rarer to find a Jew who can look at all of these positions and say, "They are all part of my people."
All of us, to some extent, live in our own imaginations, yet facing the sometimes hard reality of what we really are is the first step towards improving ourselves.
For those in the high powered business world a week without Shabbat might seem common place, almost normal, but to us the idea of a world without Shabbat is unheard of.
Standing Firm and Surviving - Nitzavim connotes a powerful comforting message for this period of Jewish chronology in general, and for our time in particular.
Since the liver is completely filled with blood, we must be very careful that it is prepared properly so as not to transgress the prohibition to eat blood.