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Every Saturday night, my husband, my toddler, and I gather around our dining room table for havdallah . We sing the standard prayers to mark the end of Shabbat: verses of psalms that assure us …
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6/22/18
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In this week’s parashah, representatives from each of the twelve tribes are chosen to scout out the land of Canaan. These emissaries are sent into the Holy Land to do reconnaissance …
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6/7/18
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Recently, a local Catholic church welcomed a medical doctor, Michelle Cretella, to speak about the health of transgender children. On the surface, this is wonderful. Religious conviction demands …
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5/26/18
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So many of us lead very busy lives. Between work, volunteering, self-care, care of family members, nurturing friendships, and all the other things that pull us in a million directions, it can be …
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5/3/18
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Four years ago, during a winter that was colder and longer than the one we are now ending, my younger daughter and I decided to go for a walk. At the time, she was only 9 years old, as thin as a …
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4/19/18
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On seder nights, after the fourth cup of wine, we always try to sing “Chad Gadya.” It’s a silly, deep song about a little goat that my abba bought for two zuzim.
This year, …
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4/4/18
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Whenever we start reading the Book of Leviticus, or V ayikra , as it is known in Hebrew, I begin to feel guilty. Vayikra is dominated by chapter after chapter that define the laws of sacrifices. As a …
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3/15/18
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Imagine the scene: Moses is up on Mount Sinai, listening to God’s words – which somehow end up written on tablets of stone.
Did Moses write those words? Were …
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d'Var Torah
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3/4/18
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Parashat Terumah
This week, we read the first of five Torah portions dedicated almost entirely to the building of the mishkan, the portable Temple that the Israelites took with them throughout …
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2/15/18
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Our Torah readings these days focus on the wanderings of our ancestors in the desert on their way to the Promised Land. These peregrinations would take some getting used to. The lives they had …
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d'Var Torah
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2/3/18
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