Devarim Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 These are the words that Moses addressed to all Israel on the other side of the Jordan. Continue Reading »
Parashat: Matot-Masei Torah Reading: Numbers 30:2-36:13 “Why will you turn the mind of the Israelites from crossing into the land that God has given them?” ~Numbers 32:7 Though I know the years keep rolling on, somehow we’ve made it to the end of yet another book. Parashat Matot-Masei concludes Numbers and reminds us to turn Continue Reading »
Parshat: Pinchas Numbers 25:10-30:01 In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a sacred occasion: you shall not work at your occupations. You shall observe it as a day when the horn is sounded. You shall present a burnt offering of pleasing odor to the Eternal: one bull of Continue Reading »
Parashat: Chukat-Balak Torah Reading: Numbers 19:1-25:9 “Then Israel sang this song: Spring up, O well. Sing to it,” — Numbers 21:17 In the portion Chukat, Moses is memorialized for a moment in which he loses his patience — a moment where he quite literally strikes out and thus loses a lifetime’s commitment to crossing into Continue Reading »
Parshat: Korach Torah Reading: Numbers 16:1-18:32 [Korach and his band] combined against Moses and Aaron and said to them, “You have gone too far! For all the community are holy, all of them, and יהוה is in their midst. Why then do you raise yourselves above יהוה’s congregation?” -Numbers 16:3 In this week’s Torah portion, Continue Reading »
Parashat: Sh’lach Torah Reading: Numbers 13:1–15:41 “There shall be one law for you and for the resident stranger; it shall be a law for all time throughout the ages. You and the stranger shall be alike before the Eternal. The same ritual and the same rule shall apply to you and to the stranger who Continue Reading »