Locusts, darkness, death of the first born… This week we witness the final plagues and their impact on the Egyptian and Israelite people. We witness G-d’s willingness to make difficult choices and to purposely harm some people to let others take steps to freedom. Parshat Bo demonstrates that our ancestors were definitely not in The […]
Bo: Let’s Start At The Very Beginning
Why does Torah begin with the story of creation? Why did some think it should begin with this week’s Torah portion? For more information about Rabbi Danny, please visit RabbiDanny.com The opening and closing music for this podcast is Coming Out of the Dark by Matt Stamm. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/JCastNetwork.com/storage/TwoMinutes/096.mp3Podcast: Download
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Splitting the Night (Bo)
For all of those letting go, who are praying to feel the power of no other option, of wanting to release the habit that holds us back or the story that traps us, leaving no room for newness, for some new space to emerge. פרשת בא, תשע”ג For more information please visit romemu.org. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/jcastnetwork.com/storage/romemu/120.mp3Podcast: Download
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Turning Straw Into Gold: The Power of Narrative – Bo בא
“What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you tell it.” —Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Living to Tell the Tale Rabbi David Ingber on Parshat Bo For more information please visit romemu.org. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/jcastnetwork.com/storage/romemu/118.mp3Podcast: Download
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Bo: Taking Responsibility
How do we learn to take responsibility for ourselves? In this week’s Torah portion God helped the Israelites to begin to take responsibility for their actions, and so to truly become a free people. For more information about Rabbi Danny, please visit RabbiDanny.com The opening and closing music for this podcast is Coming Out of […]
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WORSHIP: Mirror, Mirror On The Western Wall (Bo)
Welcome to WORD. A weekly word from the world’s best seller.
In this weeks episode, Amichai Lau-Lavie focuses on the word WORSHIP, and the Torah portion Bo.
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The last of the plagues is the worst The death of the children born first Pharaoh’s heart it is broken God’s decree has been spoken 4 centuries of slavery’s reversed.
Episode Fifteen Bo
In this episode of Verse Per Verse, Amichai explore the many faces of the word “Avodah”.
This weeks torah portion Bo uses this word in Exodus, Chapter Twelve, Verse Sixteen, when it talks about how future generations will commemorate the Exodus from Egypt.
But, why does this word have so many meanings? Work or Love, Worship or Bondage? Labor or Ceremony?
And Amichai ends up looking at the eerie role that this word has played in more modern history of the Jewish people.
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Shabbat Commentary – Bo
On the Jewish calendar, we may be only two weeks away from Tu B’Shvat, but in this week’s Torah Portion, Bo, it’s Passover – THE original Passover! Pharaoh remains steadfast in his refusal to free the Israelite slaves. As a result, three more plagues ( locusts, darkness, and death of the first born) descend, upon […]