Month: January 2022

PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/mishpatim Mishpatim (מִשְׁפָּטִים — [These Are the] Rules) – Exodus 21:1-24:18 These are the rules that you shall set before them. – Exodus 21:1 SUMMARY: Interpersonal laws ranging from the treatment of slaves to the exhibition of kindness to strangers are listed. (21:1-23:9) Cultic laws follow, including the commandment to observe …

PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/yitro Yitro (יִתְרוֹ — Jethro) – Exodus 18:1-20:23 Jethro, priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard all that God had done for Moses and for Israel, God’s people, how the Eternal had brought Israel out from Egypt. – Exodus 18:1 SUMMARY: Yitro brings his daughter Zipporah and her two sons, Gershom and …

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday weekend! Tu B’Shevat, the New Year of the Trees, begins at sundown today, Sunday, January 16, 2022. Temple Kol Hamidbar will have an online Tu B’Shevat Seder starting at 6:30 PM MST. The Seder explores our relationship to nature and our impact on the world around us. We eat symbolic …

TALMUD MEGILLAH 10b A famous Midrash (or commentary) in the Talmud says that as the Egyptians started to drown in the Sea of Reeds, the angels began to sing praises, but God silenced them, saying, “the work of My hands are drowning at sea, and you wish to sing songs?” PARSHA – Shabbat Shirah From …

PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/bo Bo (בֹּא‎ — Hebrew for “Go [to Pharaoh]”) – Exodus 10:1-13:16 Then the Eternal One said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh. For I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his courtiers, in order that I may display these My signs among them.” – Exodus 10:1 SUMMARY: God sends …