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Ki Tisa

February 19, 2019 by • D'var Torah • 0 Comments

Shalom Aleichem. Life has many blessings, and many pitfalls. So too does Ki Tisa. This is another one of those parshiot filled with verbs – remember, provoked, ascended, descended, smashing, carved – as if to remind us that every action we take, even the act of intention, holds tremendous import. Ki Tisa is about our […]

Tetzaveh

February 11, 2019 by • D'var Torah • Tags: • 0 Comments

Shalom aleichem We read very early in Tetzaveh the exquisitely detailed instructions God gives to Moses with regard to the “garments of sanctity” – his be’gdei kodesh, garments that will be made by wise-hearted people to dress the High Priest, the Kohen Gadol. The Chevra Kadisha continues to use these garments today – by the […]

Terumah

February 4, 2019 by • D'var Torah • Tags: • 0 Comments

Shalom Aleichem, This week in my Rabbinics class we were asked to write about Pastoral care. This is my submission, in part. Who amongst us has not lost a beloved one, be they a parent, a spouse, a sibling, or God forbid, a child. This week our Jewish community lost a teacher of many years, […]

Mishpatim: Civics and Angels

January 30, 2019 by • D'var Torah • Tags: , , • 0 Comments

Shalom Aleichem I alluded last week to my maniacal preparations for my own ceremony of Bat Mitzvah as a grown woman, and as someone who chose to enter the covenant. Mishpatim is that sidra that caused me to pause and consider my need to allow others to help me prepare for that day. Mishpatim includes […]

Yitro

January 23, 2019 by • D'var Torah • 0 Comments

Shalom Aleichem, Yitro is the חוֹתֵן, the father-in-law of Moshe, a relationship that is reiterated and reinforced many times in the first section of this sidra. The name Yitro means abundance or riches – and truly this is what Yitro gave to Moshe. Not riches of kind, but of counsel regarding sustainability, practical counsel that […]

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