Archive: December 2025

Parashat: Vayishlach

Posted on December 3, 2025

Parashat: Vayishlach Genesis 32:4–36:43 “Said [the angel]: Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with beings divine and human and prevailed.” — Genesis 32:29 On the precipice of a reunion with his brother Esau, Jacob is filled with anxiety. He has divided his family up into smaller groups fearing Continue Reading »

Parashat: Vayera

Posted on November 5, 2025

Parashat: Vayera Genesis 18:1–22:24 “‘Let me fetch a morsel of bread that you may refresh yourselves; then go on — seeing that you have come your servant’s way.’ They replied, ‘Do as you have said.’ Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, ‘Quick, three seahs of choice flour! Knead and make cakes!’ Then Continue Reading »

Temple Isaiah at HoCo Pride

Posted on October 29, 2025

Temple Isaiah had a blast at Howard County Pride last Sunday! We got to connect with members of the community and see friends from TI and beyond. Our rainbow challah samples were as popular as ever, and we ran a raffle where one lucky winner won their very own loaf! Our table also had a Continue Reading »

Parashat: Festival Reading

Posted on October 8, 2025

Parashat: Festival Reading Exodus 33:12–34:26 [Moses] said, “Oh, let me behold Your Presence!” And [God] answered, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim before you the name יהוה, and the grace that I grant and the compassion that I show,” continuing, “But you cannot see My face, for a Continue Reading »

Parashat: Ki Tavo

Posted on September 10, 2025

Parashat: Ki Tavo Deuteronomy 26:1–29:8 I led you through the wilderness forty years; the clothes on your back did not wear out, nor did the sandals on your feet; you had no bread to eat and no wine or other intoxicant to drink—that you might know that I יהוה am your God. — Deuteronomy 29:4-5 Continue Reading »

Parashat: Ve’etchanan

Posted on August 6, 2025

Ve’etchanan Deuteronomy 3:23–7:11 “And now, O Israel, give heed to the laws and rules that I am instructing you to observe, so that you may live to enter and occupy the land that יהוה, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. You shall not add anything to what I command you or take anything Continue Reading »