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The often-called eighth day of Sukkot is really a separate holiday called Shemini Atzeret…
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In the Talmud, the festival of Sukkot is called “the Chag“ the festival par excellence and was a com…
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Asks Abravanel (15th-16th century): "How could Moses say God found them in the wilderness when God f…
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"God remembered Sarah … Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur frame an annual period of introspection."
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"…the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it."
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"And He will set you … above all the nations that He has made … a holy people (Am Kadosh) to YHW…
Weekly Torah NuggetsParashat Ki Teitzei Deut. 21:10-25:19 – Torah Reflection
The twin mitzvot to Israel, “Remember what Amalek did… do not forget.” links memory with moral vigi…
Weekly Torah NuggetsParashat Shoftim Deut. 16:18-21:9 – Torah Reflection
This passage speaks of humility when considering the kingship of individuals over their subjects?
Weekly Torah NuggetsParashat Re’eh Deut. 11:26-16:17 – Torah Reflection
“See” is an imperative verb in the masculine singular, while “you” is plural because Moses is addres…
Weekly Torah NuggetsParashat Eikev Deut. 7:12-11:25 – Torah Reflection
Hebrew "eikev" literally “on the heels of,” i.e., “as a consequence of,” meaning one thing follows a…
Weekly Torah NuggetsParashat Vaetchanan Deut. 3:23-7:11 – Torah Reflection
This Torah portion includes the Sh’ma Israel, a Jewish prayer that can be seen as a Jewish confessio…
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Weekly Torah NuggetsParashat Bereshit | Gen. 1:1-6:8 – Torah Reflection
The term “Elohim” denotes God in His Attribute of Justice. God created the world so that…
Weekly Torah NuggetsParashat Shemini Atzeret | Deut. 14:22-16:17 – Torah Reflection
The often-called eighth day of Sukkot is really a separate holiday called Shemini Atzeret…
Weekly Torah NuggetsParashat Sukkot | Lev. 22:26-23:44 – Torah Reflection
In the Talmud, the festival of Sukkot is called “the Chag“ the festival par excellence and was a com…
Weekly Torah NuggetsParashat Haazinu | Deut. 32:1-52 – Torah Reflection
Asks Abravanel (15th-16th century): "How could Moses say God found them in the wilderness when God f…
Weekly Torah NuggetsParashat Rosh HaShanah I | Gen. 21:1-34 – Torah Reflection
"God remembered Sarah … Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur frame an annual period of introspection."
Weekly Torah NuggetsParashat Nitzavim-Vayeilech | Deut. 29:9-31:30 – Torah Reflection
"…the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it."
Weekly Torah NuggetsParashat Ki Tavo | Deut. 26:1-29:8 – Torah Reflection
"And He will set you … above all the nations that He has made … a holy people (Am Kadosh) to YHW…
Weekly Torah NuggetsParashat Ki Teitzei Deut. 21:10-25:19 – Torah Reflection
The twin mitzvot to Israel, “Remember what Amalek did… do not forget.” links memory with moral vigi…
Weekly Torah NuggetsParashat Shoftim Deut. 16:18-21:9 – Torah Reflection
This passage speaks of humility when considering the kingship of individuals over their subjects?
Weekly Torah NuggetsParashat Re’eh Deut. 11:26-16:17 – Torah Reflection
“See” is an imperative verb in the masculine singular, while “you” is plural because Moses is addres…
Weekly Torah NuggetsParashat Eikev Deut. 7:12-11:25 – Torah Reflection
Hebrew "eikev" literally “on the heels of,” i.e., “as a consequence of,” meaning one thing follows a…
Weekly Torah NuggetsParashat Vaetchanan Deut. 3:23-7:11 – Torah Reflection
This Torah portion includes the Sh’ma Israel, a Jewish prayer that can be seen as a Jewish confessio…
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