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GLEANINGS Words To Remember From The Haftarah Commentary by Plaut-Stern, p.414 Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; before you were born, I set you apart. (Jer. 1:5) JULY BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS Mazal Tov – Mazal Bueno to all those celebrating a birthday, anniversary, or significant event during the Month …
WORDS TO REMEMBER From The Haftarah Commentary by Plaut-Stern, p.394 It has been told you, O mortal, what is good,/ and what the Eternal requires of you–/ Only this: to do justly,/ and love mercy,/ and walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8) DOUBLE PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/chukat-balak Chukat – Balak (חֻקַּת – בָּלָק …
PARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/korach Korach (קֹרַח – Hebrew name meaning “baldness, ice, hail or frost”) – Numbers 16:1−18:32 Now Korach, son of Izhar son of Kohath son of Levi, betook himself, along with Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth – descendants of Reuben – to rise up against Moses, … …
PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/bhaalotcha B’haalot’cha (בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ — Hebrew for “When You Raise [the Lamps]“) – 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 …
JUNE BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS Mazal Tov – Mazal Bueno to all those celebrating a birthday, anniversary, or significant event during the Month of June. 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/naso-i Naso I (I נָשֹׂא – Hebrew for “Take a Census”) – Numbers 4:21-5:31 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 …
YERUSHALAYIM SHEL ZAHAV Jerusalem all of gold/ Jerusalem, bronze and light/ Within my heart I shall treasure/ Your song and sight. By Naomi Shemer 1967, melody based on an old Basque Lullaby PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/bmidbar B’midbar (בְּמִדבַּר — Hebrew for “In the Wilderness”) – Numbers 1:1−4:20 On the first day of the second …
WORDS TO REMEMBER Those who gain wealth by unjust means are like a partridge hatching eggs it never laid: in the middle of life it will forsake them, at the end they are [known to be] fools. – Jer. 17:11 PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/bhar-bchukotai B’har – B’chukotai (בְּהַר – בְּחֻקֹּתי Hebrew for “On Mount …
PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/emor Emor (אֱמֹר — Hebrew for “speak”) – Leviticus 21:1-24:23 The Eternal One said to Moses: “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: None shall defile himself for any [dead] person among his kin, . . .” – Lev. 21:1 SUMMARY: • Laws regulating the lives …
PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/acharei-mot-kdoshim Acharei Mot – K’doshim (אַחֲרֵי מוֹת – קְדֹשִׁים After the Death [of the Two Sons of Aaron] / [You Shall Be] Holy) – Leviticus 16:1-20:27 The Eternal One spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron who died when they drew too close to the presence …