Parshat Ki Tavo: Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8; Isaiah 60:1-22. In this season, as we each engage in Heshbon HaNefesh, taking a personal accounting of our lives, let us also reflect on the gifts that we have been given. Chief among them are the Torah, the Hebrew language and our ability to synthesize meaning through interpretations and opinions. The late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks wrote, “… in truth, this always was our greatest gift: the Torah … the voice of Heaven as it is heard on Earth, the word that lights the world.” The powerful messages of the Torah are timeless, and one of...