“The Lord bestow His favor upon you and grant you peace.” (Numbers 6:26) Yehuda Kurtzer (president of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America) likes to say ancient texts are … Continued
Parashat Naso (Numbers 4:21-7:89)
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Archives for May 2015
Parashat Bamidbar (Numbers 1:1-4:20)
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“Those are the elected of the assembly, the chieftains of their ancestral tribes: they are the heads of the contingents of Israel.” (Numbers 1:16) Parashat Bamidbar opens the fourth book … Continued
Parashat B’har-B’chukotai (Leviticus 25:1-27:34)
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“I will remember in their favor the covenant with the ancients, whom I freed from the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations to be their God; I, … Continued
The Beauty of Jerusalem
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The Talmud teaches, “Ten measures of beauty descended on the world, nine were taken by Jerusalem, one by the rest of the world.” Years later, Mark Twain said, “There is … Continued
Parashat Emor (Leviticus 21:1-24:23)
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“So Moses declared to the Israelites the set times of the Lord.” (Leviticus 23:44) Parashat Emor addresses issues of k’dusha, or sanctity. It focusses first on the priests (sanctified people) … Continued