by Rabbi | Aug 28, 2026 | Rabbi's Blog
Our portion is Ki Tetze – which means “when you go out”. The laws that follow are laws regarding what happens when you – the Jewish person – go out to war, and the limitations imposed by Torah to certain behaviors, specifically around beautiful women of the conquered....
by Rabbi | Aug 14, 2026 | Rabbi's Blog
“Shoftim,” means “Judges” – The portion begins with the commandment to appoint judges and police in every city. “Justice, justice shall you pursue” is the most famous half-sentence of our reading – justice needs to happen without...
by Rabbi | May 29, 2026 | Rabbi's Blog
On Shabbat, around tables in this town and around the world, parents will rest their hands on the heads of their children, close their eyes, and say three short lines. They are the same three lines our parashah gives us this week, tucked into the middle of Nasso —...
by Rabbi | May 15, 2026 | Rabbi's Blog
The name of the Parshah, “Bamidbar,” means “In the desert”. It opens with God commanding Moshe and Aaron to conduct a census of the twelve tribes of Israel. The tribe of Levi is counted separately becausethey serve in the Sanctuary as kohanim...
by Rabbi | Apr 24, 2026 | Rabbi's Blog
Acharei Mot-Kedoshim covers instructions for Yom Kippur, prohibitions against forbidden sexual relations, and a call to holiness through ethical and ritual laws, including “Love your neighbor as yourself”. The portions are combined this year. Together,...
by Rabbi | Apr 17, 2026 | Rabbi's Blog
Parashat Tazria: The Power at the Threshold Summary of Tazria-Metzora Tazria opens with the laws of tum’ah following childbirth — seven days for a boy, fourteen for a girl — and the korbanot, the sacrifices, the mother brings afterward. It then moves into the...
