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Torah Reading – Genesis 1:1-6:8 God יהוה called out to the Human and said to him, “Where are you?” Genesis 3:9 After eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, Adam and Eve hide from God among the trees and God calls out to them. Could it be that God did not know where they Continue Reading »
On the eighth day you shall hold a solemn gathering; you shall not work at your occupations. You shall present a burnt offering, an offering by fire of pleasing odor to G-d… (Numbers 29:35-36a) Shemini Atzeret, the “Eighth Day Festival” which coincides with this Shabbat follows not only the seven days of Sukkot, but the Continue Reading »
Torah Reading: Leviticus 22:26-23:44 “On the first day you shall take the product of hadar trees, branches of palm trees, boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the Eternal your God seven days…” ~Leviticus 23:40 It has officially become z’man simchateinu—Sukkot, the time of our rejoicing—because we are Continue Reading »
[God] set them atop the highlands, To feast on the yield of the earth; Nursing them with honey from the crag, And oil from the flinty rock ~ Deuteronomy 32:13 In the penultimate parsha of the Torah, Moses recites a poem to the Israelites, a testimony of their covenant with God. The poem is filled Continue Reading »
Torah Reading: Deuteronomy 29:9-31:30 “Be strong and resolute, do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is Adonai, your God, who will go with you, who will not fail you nor forsake you.” ~Deuteronomy 31:7 When we are at a precipice in life, things can seem frightening. Looking out over the unknown, Continue Reading »
Torah Reading – Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8 Cursed be any party who makes a sculptured or molten image, abhorred by יהוה, a craftsman’s handiwork, and sets it up in secret.—And all the people shall respond, Amen. Cursed be the one who insults father or mother….Cursed be the one who moves a neighbor’s landmark….Cursed be the one who misdirects a blind person who is underway….Cursed be Continue Reading »
