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KETIVAH VECHATIMA TOVAH – A GOOD WRITING AND SEALING! PSALM 27 One thing I ask of the Eternal One, only that do I seek: to live in the house of the Eternal One all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Eternal One, to frequent God’s temple. God will …
KETIVAH VECHATIMA TOVAH – A GOOD WRITING AND SEALING! PSALM 27 Of David. The Eternal One is my light and my help; whom should I fear? The Eternal One is the stronghold of my life, whom should I dread? When evil men assail me to devour my flesh— it is they, my foes and my …
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 …
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 …