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KETIVAH VECHATIMA TOVAH – A GOOD WRITING AND SEALING! PSALM 27 Show me Your way, O Eternal One, and lead me on a level path because of my watchful foes. Do not subject me to the will of my foes, for false witnesses and unjust accusers have appeared against me. Had I not the assurance …
KETIVAH VECHATIMA TOVAH – A GOOD WRITING AND SEALING! SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS Mazal Tov – Mazal Bueno to all those celebrating a birthday, anniversary, or significant event during the Month of September. If we were together at Temple Kol Hamidbar, we would extend a Tallit over you, say a special prayer for …
KETIVAH VECHATIMA TOVAH – A GOOD WRITING AND SEALING! PSALM 27 One thing I ask of the Eternal One, only that do I seek: to live in the house of the Eternal One all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Eternal One, to frequent God’s temple. God will shelter …
KETIVAH VECHATIMA TOVAH – A GOOD WRITING AND SEALING! PSALM 27 Of David. The Eternal One is my light and my help; whom should I fear? The Eternal One is the stronghold of my life, whom should I dread? When evil men assail me to devour my flesh— it is they, my foes and my …
From “The Haftarah Commentary” / by Plaut and Stern UAHC Press 1996, p. 468: GLEANINGS Words to Remember Why spend money for what is not bread? Why spend your wages for what does not satisfy? (Isa. 55:2) PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/reih R’eih [Re’ëh] (רְאֵה – Hebrew for “see”) – Deuteronomy 11:26 – 16:17 See, …
MANNA He subjected you to the hardship of hunger and then gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had ever known, in order to teach you that man does not live on bread alone, but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Eternal does man live. Deut. 8:3 …
THE DECALOGUE (“Ten Commandments”) – Deut. 5:6-18 Here is a modern interpretation of the Decalogue from Congregation Ner Shalom in Cotati, CA: I am the Lord your God (Give your heart to what matters) Don’t worship idols (Don’t devote your time and energy to harmful distractions) Don’t take God’s name in vain (Choose your words with care) Remember …
PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/dvarim D’varim (דְּבָרִים – Hebrew for “words”) – Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 These are the words that Moses addressed to all Israel on the other side of the Jordan. – Deuteronomy 1:1 SUMMARY Moses begins his final words of instruction to the Children of Israel, focusing first on recounting their physical journey. (1:1-21) …
WORDS TO REMEMBER From The Haftarah Commentary by Plaut-Stern, p.426 And if you swear by the living God in truth, justice, and righteousness, then nations shall find blessing in you, and glory in you. (Jer. 4:2) DOUBLE PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/matot-masei Matot – Mas’ei (מַטּוֹת – מַסְעֵי The Tribes / The Marches of [the …
GLEANINGS Words To Remember From The Haftarah Commentary by Plaut-Stern, p.414 Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; before you were born, I set you apart. (Jer. 1:5) JULY BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS Mazal Tov – Mazal Bueno to all those celebrating a birthday, anniversary, or significant event during the Month …