Month: August 2021

KETIVAH V’CHATIMAH TOVAH PARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/ki-tavo Ki Tavo (כִּי-תָבוֹא‎‎ — Hebrew for “when you enter” [the Land]) Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8 When you enter the land that the Eternal your God is giving you as a heritage, and you possess it and settle in it, you shall take some of every first fruit of the soil, …

KETIVAH V’CHATIMAH TOVAH ְPARSHA – Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19 From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/ki-teitzei Ki Tëtzë’ (כִּי־תֵצֵא‎ — Hebrew for “when you go out (to battle)”) Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19 SUMMARY: Moses reviews a wide variety of laws regarding family, animals, and property. (21:10–22:12) Various civil and criminal laws are delineated, including those regarding sexual relationships, interaction with non-Israelites, loans, vows, …

KETIVAH V’CHATIMAH TOVAH ְPARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/shoftim Shof’tim [שֹׁפְטִים – Hebrew for “judges”] Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9 You shall appoint magistrates and officials for your tribes, in all the settlements that the Eternal your God is giving you, and they shall govern the people with due justice. – Deuteronomy 16:18 SUMMARY: Laws regarding both sacred and secular …

AUGUST BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS Mazal Tov – Mazal Bueno to all those celebrating a birthday, anniversary, or significant event during the Month of August. 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): …