Month: May 2021

PARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/bhaalotcha B’HA’ALOT’CHA (בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ – Hebrew for “When You Raise [the Lamps]”) – Numbers 8:1−12:16 The Eternal One spoke to Moses, saying: “Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you mount the lamps, let the seven lamps give light at the front of the lampstand.’” – Numbers 8:1-2 SUMMARY God speaks to …

PARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/naso Naso (נָשֹׂא — Hebrew for “Take a census” or “lift up”) – Numbers 4:21−7:89 The Eternal One spoke to Moses: “Take a census of the Gershonites also, by their ancestral house and by their clans.” – Numbers 4:21-22 SUMMARY A census of the Gershonites, Merarites, and Koathites between the ages of …

PARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/bhar-bchukotai B’midbar (בְּמִדבַּר ‎‎ — Hebrew for “In the Wilderness”) – Numbers 1:1−4:20 On the first day of the second month, in the second year following the exodus from the land of Egypt, the Eternal One spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, saying: “Take a …

MAY BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERARIES, AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS Mazal Tov – Mazal Bueno to all those celebrating a birthday, anniversary, or significant event during the Month of May. If we were together at Temple Kol Hamidbar, we would extend a Tallit over you, recite a special prayer for you, and recite the following blessing (cf Num. 6:24-26): …