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תורה וטיולים: משה וברבי, בחירות והליכות… פרשות ניצבים-וילך – Thanks to a wonderful guest who came for a short visit (always too short…), I was invited to see the movie “Barbie”. The film, much more sophisticated than its name suggests, … Continue reading →

תורה וטיולים עם פרשת “והיה כי תבוא אל הארץ”…. I’m celebrating these days 4 years since my return to Israel. I’ve debated between “marking” or maybe “counting” but decided on “celebrating”. Hardly a week goes by that someone doesn’t ask … Continue reading →

תורה וטיולים עם פרשת כי תצא – חגיגה “על הגג” לכבוד שנת ה-100 ליסוד מפעל הדף היומי This coming Shabbat, Parshat “Ki-Tatsa” (9th of Elul, 2017) marks the 100th anniversary of the historic announcement by Rabbi Meir Shapira of Lublin, … Continue reading →

תורה וטיולים עם פרשת שופטים: “שֹׁפְטִ֣ים וְשֹֽׁטְרִ֗ים תִּֽתֶּן־לְךָ֙ בְּכׇל־שְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ”… The Torah portion “Shoftim”, the 5th one in the Book of Deuteronomy in which Moses continues his speech before his death, presents us with countless topics, each pulling us to go … Continue reading →

תורה וטיולים עם פרשת “ראה”: עַשֵּׂ֣ר תְּעַשֵּׂ֔ר… In Gay Hendricks’ eye and heart opening book, “The Big Leap” (recommended), he poses a major question we all are likely to face as we meet life’s (what he calls) “barriers”: am I … Continue reading →

תורה וטיולים בפרשת “עקב” – מברכה לברכה In the 19th century, with the development of new means of transportation and the complex historical processes in the area, many travelers and visitors came to see the longed-for Holy Land, the Land … Continue reading →

תורה וטיולים עם פרשת “ואתחנן” – שבת נחמו – אֶת־הַשֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ וְאֶת־הַיָּרֵ֜חַ The Torah portion of “Va’etchanan” (and I pleaded…) is always read on the Sabbath after Tisha B’Av, a Sabbath that has been named “Shabbat Nachamu”, the Shabbat of comfort … Continue reading →

תורה וטיולים עם פרשת דברים: “אחד עשר יום מחורב”… Once again Moshe is about to say his farewell words, and again he reminds me of the opening scene in the movie “Hair” when Claude Hopper-Bukowski and his father are walking … Continue reading →

תורה וטיולים עם מטות-מסעי – מיריחו לפתח תקוה… We have arrived at the end of the Book of Numbers, which usually falls within the – sad and often terribly hot – “Three Weeks”, between the 17th of Tamuz and the … Continue reading →

תורה וטיולים עם פרשת פנחס וחמש אחיות… Five sisters, the “daughters of Zlofchad”, appear in our weekly Torah portion, Pinchas, and plead before Moses their claim to receive an estate in the Land of Israel. Who’s their father, who earned … Continue reading →