“They called Rebecca and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” And she said, “I will go.” (Genesis 24:58) The Torah is typically parsimonious with words, so why … Continued
Parashat Chayei Sarah (Genesis 23:1-25:18)
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Parashat Vayera (Genesis 18:1-22:24)
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“Avraham journeyed from there to the land of the Negev, and he lived between Kadesh and Shur.” (Genesis 20:1) If “honesty is the best policy” why does God fudge the … Continued
Parashat Lekh Lekha (Genesis 12:1-17:27)
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“And Abram moved his tent and came an dwelled in the plains of Mamrei which are in Hebron; and he built there an altar to Adonai.” (Genesis 13:18) In Parashat … Continued
A View From Jerusalem – November 2016
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New Beginnings Today, exactly 76 years ago, on the 10th of the Hebrew month of Heshvan 1940 the Nazi government issued the order to gather all Jews in Warsaw into … Continued
Parashat Noach (Genesis 6:9-11:32)
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“Noah was six hundred years old when the flood came, waters upon the earth.” (Genesis 7:6) Yehuda Kurzer (President of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America) says we read … Continued
Parashat B’reishit (Genesis 1:1-6:8)
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“The Lord God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to till it and tend it.” (Genesis 2:15) Here we go again. Parashat B’reishit begins the … Continued
Shabbat Chol Hamoed Sukkot (Intermediate Shabbat of Sukkot) / (Exodus 33:12-34:26)
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“Moses hastened to bow low to the ground in homage.” (Exodus 34:8) Each day of Sukkot has a special Torah reading. The selection for Shabbat Chol Hamoed describes what happens … Continued
Parashat Ha-azinu (Deuteronomy 32:1-32:52)
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“And Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Hoshea, son of Nun.” (Deuteronomy 32:44) Parashat Ha-azinu is the next-to-last parasha, … Continued
Parashat Vayelech (Deuteronomy 31:1-31:30)
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“Then Moses recited the words of this poem to the very end, in the hearing of the whole congregation of Israel.” (Deuteronomy 31:30) Parashat Vayelech begins the epilogue both to … Continued
Parashat Nitzavim (Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20)
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“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words … Continued