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“כי מראש צורים אראנו”… Torah & Travel with the Torah portion of Balak

כי מראש צורים אראנו… תורה וטיולים עם פרשת בלק It is a good Shabbat, when the Torah readings in communities outside of Israel and inside the Land join again, so that we can continue together before the period of mourning … Continue reading

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Torah & Travel: Chukat – the changing leadership and a visit to Hor Ha-har

פרשת חוקת – מנהיגות משתנה וביקור בהור-ההר This week’s Torah portion, Chukat, opens with the complicated topic of The Red Heifer that fills chapter 19 and functions as a sort of “place holder” for the thirty-eight years in the middle … Continue reading

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“A bud came forth, and it sprouted almonds” – Torah & travel with Korach

וַיָּצֵץ צִיץ וַיִּגְמֹל שְׁקֵדִים – פרשת קורח The Torah portion of Korah begins, as expected, with the story of Korah, a distant cousin of Moses, also from the tribe of Levi, who recruits Datan and Aviram from the tribe of … Continue reading

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Torah & Travel: Caleb’s (and our) trip to Hebron

תורה וטיולים, פרשת שלח לך: הטיול של כלב ושלנו לחברון Actually, the Torah should have ended last week. At the end of the Book of Numbers, chapter 10, the journey from Egypt ended, and in just three days the Israelites … Continue reading

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Torah & Travel: Be’ha’alot’cha: going up, bringing light and seeing a beautiful view

תורה וטיולים: פרשת בהעלותך: לעלות, להדליק אור ולראות נוף יפיפה! Last week we received a painful reminder of a non-ideal situation: outside of Israel (“the sea countries”, as the Talmud calls them) there were two day of Shavu’ot, while in … Continue reading

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Torah & Travel with the Torah portion of Naso: “Thus shall you bless the People of Israel”…

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Torah & Travels in the (Book &Torah portion of the) wonderous desert….

תורה וטיולים: ספר ופרשת – אתן “במדבר” תורה ועם וטבע מופלא…   If we fold the map of Israel in half (north-south), we will find that about half the country is defined as midbar, desert. Almost exactly in the area … Continue reading

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Torah & Travel with Be’har-Be’chukotai: what’s shmita got to do with Mt. Sinai & Junction 7?

פרשת בהר -בחוקותי – מה ענין שמיטה להר סיני ולצומת שבע? “What does Shmita have to do with Mt. Sinai”, Rashi asks his famous question about the opening verse of this week’s (double) Torah portion, Behar-Bakhukotai, in a phrase that … Continue reading

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The Torah portion of Emor: Holiness All Around

פרשת “אמור” – קדושה מסביב לכבוד ולזכר ולע”נ אבי מורי, אהרון כהנא ז”ל, שיום השנה ה- 55 שלו חל השבוע בפסח שני (קישור עם דברים לזכרו למטה) In honor & in memory of my father, my teacher, Aharon Kohane z”l, … Continue reading

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Torah & Travel: Acharei Mot-Kedoshim – between Remembrance & Independence

תורה וטיולים: אחרי מות – קדושים: בין זכרון ועצמאות “Yom Hazikaron, Israel Memorial Day, is becoming more and more difficult every year,” my mother would sigh, and slowly I am beginning to understand what, perhaps, she meant; it’s the fact … Continue reading

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