Posts by JCC Association

“Place the cover on top of the Ark, after depositing inside the ark the Pact that I will give you” (Exodus 25:21). Parashat Trumah begins,” The Lord spoke to Moses, … Continued

“If you take your neighbor’s garment in pledge, you must return it to him before the sun sets; it is his only clothing, the sole covering for his skin. In … Continued

“And you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words you shall speak to the Children of Israel” (Exodus 19:6). Parashat Yitro … Continued

“You guided in your kindness this people you have redeemed: You led them in your strength to your holy abode” (Exodus 15:13). Parashat B’shalach’s blockbuster main act presents God’s splitting … Continued

“And Moses said, ‘We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds we will go; … Continued

“Plead with the Lord that there may be an end of God’s thunder and of hail. I will let you go; you need stay no longer” (Exodus 9:28). Parashat Va’era … Continued

“A new king arose over Egypt who did not know Joseph.” (Exodus 1:8) Parashat Sh’mot opens the second book of the Torah (also called Sh’mot) by describing Pharaoh’s enslavement of … Continued

“And Pharaoh said, ‘Go up and bury your father, as he made you promise on oath” (Genesis 50:6). Parashat Vayechi describes the end of the patriarchal era: Jacob blesses his … Continued