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Shoftim
As I write this on Sunday afternoon, I am imagining hearing the shofar blown across the world. Today is Rosh Chodesh Elul, the first day of Elul, a new moon, and very special as it is also Rosh Hashanah L’Ma’sar Behemah (Hebrew: ראש השנה למעשר בהמה “New Year for Tithing Animals”) or Rosh Hashanah LaBehemot (Hebrew: ראש השנה לבהמות “New Year for (Domesticated) Animals”. Rosh Chodesh Elul […]
Re’eh
This week is a week where we are commanded to Re’eh, רְאֵה, to See. See can mean a visual command, it can also indicate a question; do you understand? But which ‘you’ is the question. Let’s look at the first verse: “See, I present before you today, a blessing and a curse.” This is such a […]
Eikev
I look forward to these weeks (as we steadily approach the Yomtovim) with a mixture of dread and enormous loving gratitude. Yes, I am all too aware of what an odd combination these emotions reveal. Right on cue, a rabbi I correspond with, spoke about meeting other Rabbonim at a conference recently, and the conversation amongst […]
Va’etchanan
Va’etchanan is the second parashah in Devarim – where we re-visit the Aseret Dibrot and the Shema – words to live by. I spoke last Shabbat about word – all the many words of our canon and all the words in our subsequent writings. This week we learn to listen, to make time for inner […]
Ki Tetze
September 1, 2025 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk
We picked the last fig this week, even as we are able to see many more small figs that could ripen in a second season in a different climate. We hold their promise to next years fig-season. Such is life, anticipation, full taste, move on. Ki Tetze provides us with many mitzvot in a manner […]