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Tag Archives: Torah
Counting as a Sign of Love: Emor, Behar & the 39 melcahot
Counting is an act of love. Initially this statement might not sound so good. It stands in contradiction with what we have been taught and therefore think of love: Love should be free, flowing, feely, not measured… Brrr… I think … Continue reading
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Tagged 39 melcahot, care, counting, family, G-d, journey, love, omer, Relationships, shabbat, shmita, Torah
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To Be Seen – the Torah Portion of Va’era
There are three sets of 10’s in our tradition: Ten Utterances with which the world was created, the Ten Plagues, and the upcoming Ten Commandments, and with each one we have to wonder: why couldn’t G-d create the world with … Continue reading
To be… that is the Blessing – the Torah portion of Vayechi
Jacob and Joseph share many traits: both stay back in the tent with their parent; are young and favorite; have fantastic dreams and have great cries. Both will die in this week’s reading, and both will be particular about their … Continue reading
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Tagged blessings, Exile, Genesis, jacob, joseph, Torah, Veyechi
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Stand up! The King is coming! for Parashat Nitzavim
The Torah portion of ניצבים- Nitzavim – standing guarding and attending – is always read before Rosh Hashana, and as I often say, this is definitely one of my 54 most favorite readings. It is home to the famous לא … Continue reading
IF you go out, then here’s the list… The Torah portion of Ki Tetze
Rudyard Kipling wrote his famous poem, “If”, about the first word in this week – and next week’s – Torah portion. Well, maybe. At least this is what comes to my mind this week when reading that “Ki”. “Ki” has … Continue reading
“Eat a little something”… Parashat Ekev
This week we read the famous 3 words: ואכלת, ושבעת וברכת – “and you shall eat, and be satisfied and bless’ (Deuteronomy 8:10), and one must wonder: how did this turn into four paragraphs and some blessings and closing singing … Continue reading
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Tagged abraham, deuteronomy, eating, ekev, mission, Torah, zvachim
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Live. Pray. Love – by – Moses
Prayer and hospital go hand in hand. Or maybe it’s prayer and life. I remember a saying: “as long as there are tests, there will be prayers in public schools”. In the end, everybody prays, every blade of grass has … Continue reading
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Tagged deuteronomy, love, Moses, oneness, prayer, Relationships, shma, Torah
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The People of the Journey & the Journey of the People: Matot-Mas’ei
L and I are introduced warmly because “you’re both from Israel! isn’t it wonderful?!” I quickly notice that my Hebrew is too fast for her and that she has an accent I can’t quite place. The hospital worker who made … Continue reading
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Tagged book of numbers, journeys, matot-masei, peace in the middle-east, Torah
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Love math and more
In Daf Yomi (the daily Talmud page) we’re reading Masechet Z’vachim or “Tractate Slaughtered Offerings”; 120 pages of detailed descriptions what kind of actions and intentions should there be during the mostly meat sacrifices, which makes me think about meat … Continue reading
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Tagged eating meat, kilayim, Leviticus, Life, love, love your neighbor, lvoe your neighbor, rav kook, ravhirsch, Relationships, sacrifices, temple, Torah, zvachim
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