Month: August 2022

BLESSING Blessed are you, the Eternal One our God, sovereign of all creation who made the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, creeping things, and the animals of the earth, including us in your image and after your likeness. You command us to look after and take care of the earth and …

PARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/eikev Ëkev (עֵקֶב – Hebrew for “If” or “[And if You] Obey [These Rules]”) – Deuteronomy 7:12–11:25 And if you do obey these rules and observe them carefully, the Eternal your God will maintain faithfully for you the covenant made on oath with your fathers. – Deuteronomy 7:12 SUMMARY Moses tells the …

PARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/va-etchanan Va’etchanan (וָאֶתְחַנַּן – Hebrew for “[Moses] pleaded with the Eternal”) – Deuteronomy 3:23−7:11 I pleaded with the Eternal at that time, saying, “O Eternal God, You who let Your servant see the first works of Your greatness and Your mighty hand, You whose powerful deeds no god in heaven or on …

PARSHA From ReformJudaism.org 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) Moses …