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To Repeat Or Not To Repeat
אֵלֶּה הַדְּבָרִים, אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר מֹשֶׁה אֶל-כָּל-יִשְׂרָאֵל, בְּעֵבֶר, הַיַּרְדֵּן: בַּמִּדְבָּר בָּעֲרָבָה מוֹל סוּף בֵּין-פָּארָן וּבֵין-תֹּפֶל, וְלָבָן וַחֲצֵרֹת –וְדִי זָהָב Last year after I suggested a riddle on Devarim, interesting comments came up concerning the two Hebrew names of the fifth book … Continue reading
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Parshat Acharei Mot – Kedoshim
קְדֹשִׁים תִּהְיוּ: כִּי קָדוֹשׁ, אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ This week’s parshah is situated right in the middle of the Torah; we can therefore imagine that its themes and messages are central to Judaism. Unsurprisingly two well-known verses are … Continue reading
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Mishpatim
.וְדָל, לֹא תֶהְדַּר בְּרִיבוֹ neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause. This week’s parshah is packed with mitzvot and is a fine parshah to study if you wish to understand what Judaism is truly about in form … Continue reading
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Parshah Thoughts and Questions – Bo
I have had very little time to read about the weekly parshah but I have read an aliyah every evening. It is a violent portion for our contemporary minds. The plagues get worse and worse until the ultimate one: the … Continue reading
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Parshat Vayetze
וַיִּיקַץ יַעֲקֹב, מִשְּׁנָתוֹ, וַיֹּאמֶר, אָכֵן יֵשׁ יְהוָה בַּמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה; וְאָנֹכִי, לֹא יָדָעְתִּי And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said: ‘Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.’ We all have or had dreams, … Continue reading
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Vayera
לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר יְצַוֶּה אֶת-בָּנָיו וְאֶת-בֵּיתוֹ אַחֲרָיו, וְשָׁמְרוּ דֶּרֶךְ יְהוָה, לַעֲשׂוֹת צְדָקָה וּמִשְׁפָּט … that he may instruct his children and those after them to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is just and right… In Judaism it … Continue reading
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Lekh Lekha
When we reach the story of Abraham, we have the feeling that we are approaching a completely new dimension in the relationship between God and man. When God addresses Abraham and tells him to leave his land, He is addressing … Continue reading
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Noach
כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֱלֹהִים, אֶת-נֹחַ as God commanded Noach. We usually have the feeling that Noach isn’t as great as the other men mentioned in the Torah. Although he is described “a just man and perfect in his generations” (Bereshit 10:9), … Continue reading
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Bereshit
וַיִּיצֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶת-הָאָדָם, עָפָר מִן-הָאֲדָמָה, וַיִּפַּח בְּאַפָּיו, נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים; וַיְהִי הָאָדָם, לְנֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה. Then the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living … Continue reading
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Reading List and New Year Challenge
I have just received The new issue of Conversations, the journal of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals. This issue deals with Orthodoxy: Family and Gender Issues. I had not realized the journal had been released so it was … Continue reading
