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BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARKNESS From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/learning/torah-study/torah-commentary/between-light-and-darkness From the D’VAR TORAH BY: RABBI KARYN D. KEDAR We are all Jacob, we are all Joseph, trying to live in the truth and splendor of who we are. Yearning to forgive, to be forgiven. To come to our final moments with the sense of having lived with …
MEDITATION From “Mishkan T’filah / A Reform Siddur” p.145 ENTRANCES to holiness are everywhere. The possibility of ascent is all the time, even at unlikely times and through unlikely places. There is no place on earth without the Presence. PARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/vayigash Vayigash (וַיִּגַּשׁ — Hebrew for “And [Judah] Approached [Joseph]”) – Gen. 44:18-47:27 …
CHANUKAH SHAZOOM 7 PM (different time) December 3, 2021 MEDITATION Hanërot Halalu – הַנֵרוֹת הַלָּלוּ [these lights/candles] WE KINDLE THESE LIGHTS because of the wondrous deliverance You performed for our ancestors. During the eight days of Chanukah, these lights are sacred; we are not to use them but only to behold them, so that their …
MEDITATION Light one candle for the strength we all need To never become our own foe! And light one candle for those who are suff’ring Pain we learned so long ago! Light one candle for all we believe in, Let anger not tear us apart! And light one candle to bind us together With peace …
PARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/vayishlach Vayishlach [וַיִּשְׁלַח (Jacob) Sent] Genesis 32:4−36:43 Jacob now sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, in the countryside of Edom. – Genesis 32:4 SUMMARY: Jacob prepares to meet Esau. He wrestles with a “man,” who changes Jacob’s name to Israel. (32:4-33) Jacob and Esau …
PARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/vayeitzei Vayeitzei [וַיֵּצֵא – And (Jacob) Left] – Genesis 28:10−32:3 And Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. – Genesis 28:10 SUMMARY: Jacob dreams of angels going up and down a ladder. God blesses him. Jacob names the place Bethel. (28:10-22) Jacob works seven years in order to marry Rachel, but Laban …
NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS Mazal Tov – Mazal Bueno to all those celebrating a birthday, anniversary, or significant event during the Month of November. If we were together at Temple Kol Hamidbar, we would extend a Tallit over you, say a special prayer for you, and recite the following blessing (cf Num. 6:24-26): …
ְPARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/chayei-sarah Chayei Sarah [חַיֵּי שָׂרָה – The Life of Sarah] – Genesis 23:1−25:18 Sarah lived to be 127 years old – such was the span of Sarah’s life. – Genesis 23:1 SUMMARY: Abraham purchases the cave of Machpelah in order to bury his wife Sarah. (23:1-20) Abraham sends his servant to …
ְPARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/vayeira Vayeira (וַיֵּרָא – I (God) Appeared [to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob]) – Genesis 18:1-22:24 The Eternal appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre as he was sitting at the entrance of the tent at about the hottest time of the day. – Genesis 18:1 SUMMARY: Abraham welcomes three visitors, who …
ְPARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/lech-lcha Lech L’cha (לָךְ-לְךָ – Go Forth) – Genesis 12:1-17:27 The Eternal said to Abram, “Go forth from your land, your birthplace, your father’s house, to the land that I will show you.” – Genesis 12:1 SUMMARY: Abram, Sarai, and Lot go to Canaan. (12:1-9) Famine takes them to Egypt, where Abram …