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PARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/matot-masei Matot – Mas’ei (מַּטּוֹת – Hebrew for “tribes” and מַסְעֵי Hebrew for “journeys/marches”) – Numbers 30:2–36:13 Moses spoke to the heads of the Israelite tribes, saying: “This is what the Eternal has commanded: If a householder makes a vow to the Eternal or takes an oath imposing an obligation on himself, …
PARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/pinchas Pinchas (פִּינְחָס – Hebrew for “Phinehas”, a name) – Numbers 25:10−30:1 The Eternal One spoke to Moses, saying, “Phinehas, son of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, has turned back My wrath from the Israelites by displaying among them his passion for Me, so that I did not wipe out the …
PARSHA From ReformJudaism.org https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/balak Balak (בָּלָק – Hebrew for “Balak”, a name) – Numbers 22:2−25:9 Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. – Numbers 22:2 SUMMARY Balak, the king of Moab, persuades the prophet Balaam to curse the Israelites so that he can defeat them and drive them out …
From “Mishkan T’filah / A Reform Siddur”: WEEKDAY MORNING p.33 MY GOD I thank You for my life, body, and soul; help me realize that I am something new, someone who never existed before, someone original and unique in the world. For if there had ever been someone like me, there would have been no …
From THE NEW YORK TIMES – June 28, 2022 How I Build a Good Day When I’m Full of Despair at the World By Mary Pipher, Clinical Psychologist – quoting her maternal grandmother: “[Be] the person you want to live with every day of your life.” JULY BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS Mazal Tov …
PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/shlach-lcha Sh’lach L’cha (שְׁלַח-לְךָ — Hebrew for “Send [Notables to Scout the Land]”) – Num. 13:1−15:41 The Eternal One spoke to Moses, saying, “Send emissaries to scout the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelite people; send one man from each of their ancestral tribes, each one a …
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 …
PARSHA From Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/torah/portion/naso Naso (נָשֹׂא — Hebrew for “Take a census” or “lift up”) – 4:21−7:89 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 …
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/bchukotai B’chukotai (בְּחֻקֹּתי — Hebrew for “My Laws”) – Leviticus 26:3-27:34 If you follow My laws and faithfully observe My commandments, I will grant your rains in their season, so that the earth shall yield its produce and the trees of the field their fruit. – Lev. 26:3-4 SUMMARY: God promises …