by Rabbi | Dec 9, 2022 | Rabbi's Blog
Vayishlach proposes an interesting change in our ancestor Yaakov (Jacob). Yaakov has a name that is not really a honorable one. In the two moments when the name is explained to us, readers, the text first points out the need to supplant his brother, clinging to his...
by Rabbi | Sep 9, 2022 | Rabbi's Blog
Summary: Ki Tetze continues the second speech of Moshe. According to the Sefer Hachinuch Ki Tetze contains 74 mitzvot, more than any other parashah, which is 12% of all of the 613 mitzvot in the Torah. Maimonides discounts two mitzvot from that total, and gives us...
by Rabbi | Sep 8, 2022 | Rabbi's Blog, Uncategorized
Ekev Triennial 10:12-15 – 11:22-25 The parashah tells of the blessings of obedience to God, the dangers of forgetting God, and directions for taking the Land of Israel. Moses recalls the making and re-making of the Tablets of Stone, the incident of the Golden...
by Rabbi | Aug 5, 2022 | Rabbi's Blog
Devarim Triennial: 2:31-3:22 // Ishaiahu 1:1-27 // Shabbat Hazon == There is a special name for this Shabbat, which is Shabbat Hazon, the Shabbat of the vision. The vision is the vision of our haftarah, the first vision of the book of Isaiah, of the destruction of...
by Rabbi | Jun 17, 2022 | Rabbi's Blog
Behaalotcha Behaalotcha opens with Aaron being commanded to raise light in the lamps of the menorah, and the tribe of Levi is initiated into the service in the Sanctuary. A “Second Passover” is instituted in response to the petition “Why should we be deprived?” by a...
by Rabbi | Feb 11, 2022 | Rabbi's Blog
We are embarking, for this and the next week, on what is called “the Shechinah unit”. That spans this week’s portion, Terumah, and the next, Tetzaveh. Both of those portions have the first description of the Mishkan, the Tabernacle, and the unit begins and ends with...
