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Behukotai

This week’s Torah portion, Behukotai, concludes the book of Leviticus/Vayikra. It contains a simple formula for staying in God’s graces: follow the Mitzvot and all will be well. But- if we stray from the path God sets out for us, we will experience terrible curses. The choice is ours. Of course, life doesn’t always work […]

Balance and Peace

What a week! We began this week with the incredible JCC benefit – with a room of over 300 people together celebrating all that we do here at the JCC. We then had Kesher on Tuesday evening where we met and discussed the way that our Jewish tradition thinks about transitions and liminal moments. Wednesday […]

Behar Limerick

Parashat Behar speaks of the Sabbatical and Jubilee years.  The basic idea behind these practices is that we need to give the land a rest – in the case of the Sabbatical (or Shmita) year – every 7 years.  Every 50 years, not only does the land get a rest, but all depts are forgiven, […]

Sunday Night In Jerusalem

It is Sunday night May 8th, and I am in Jerusalem.  Sunset marks the beginning of Yom Hazikaron, the day this state has set aside to remember all those who have been killed – soldiers and victims of terror – since the state came into being.  It is a day devoted to suffering, to a collective […]

Shalom Kitah Gimel Students and Families #26

The year has flown by! Here we are on the final day of the Hebrew month of Nisan and the last day of Hebrew class. Together we recited the Blessing for Torah Study. Students took turns asking and anwering the questions in the attendance conversation – all by heart. We had an abundance of special […]

Shabbat Commentary – Kedoshim

This week’s Torah Portion, Kedoshim, gets right to the point. In the second line, God tells Moses, “Speak to the whole Israelite community and say to them: You shall be holy, for I, the Eternal your God, am holy.” (Leviticus 19:2)* This powerful directive is immediately followed by a multitude of commandments, many of which […]

Shabbat Commentary – Acharei Mot (belated post)

There are many ways to engage in Torah Study: Shabbat sessions with a Rabbi, adult education courses, face-to-face or on-line chevruta (study groups), independent study using classic and modern commentaries. Or -you might commit to teaching Torah to children.This school year, I decided to devote part of my sixth grade modern Hebrew language class to […]

Togetherness

Welcome back! It was so wonderful to see such happy children (and parents!) returning to school these last two days. Everyone seems to have grown three inches over these past two weeks and seem ready to be back (though some do feel a bit of trepidation after such a long break – which is totally normal!). This […]

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