Names
- 5784, Aaron, Burning Bush, Egypt, Exodus, Freedom, I Am Who I Am, Jacob, Levites, Midian, Miriam, Moses, Names, Parsha, Pharaoh, Shemot, Slavery, Tzipporah, Voice
Placing Names, Naming Places
And so Shemot/Exodus, in the parsha (Shemot) of the same name, begins as our last parsha of Genesis/Bereshit ended: walking us through the generations (by names, literally שמות) of Jacob’s descendants. The missing…
- 5781, Abraham, Blessing, Covenant, Dissertation Diary, Faithfulness, Genesis, Hagar, Ishmael, Journey, Lekh Lekha, Lot, Names, Nation, Pandemic, Parsha, Promises, Sarah, Travel
Into the Unknown!
Seven months into a changed way of life during a pandemic, the unknown is old news. Rather than embarking as a result of our own volition, or even being asked to do so,…
- Aaron, Burning Bush, Egypt, Exodus, Goshen, Israelites, Joseph, Komps Kaos, Miriam, Moses, Names, Nile River, Parsha, Pesach, Pharaoh, Redemption, Shabbat, Shemot, Shul, Stories
Naming a Nation
Just before the new civil year, we begin reading our second book in the Torah: Shemot (names), or Exodus. By this point in the cycle, we get it – the Torah’s big on…
- Burning Bush, Disobedience, Egypt, Exodus, Fear, Fire, Hebrew, Israelites, Kings, Moses, Names, Nation, Parsha, Pharaoh, Redemption, Refining, Shemot, Slavery, Trials
Haughty Kings and Trials of Fire
Done, done, and we’re on to the next one… Welcome to Exodus, the story of our people, or so they say. Named after the first word, and the title of the book, Shemot,…
- 5777, Annual Cycle, Atonement, Forgiveness, Haazinu, High Holidays, Light, Moses, Names, Parsha, Rock, Salvation, Songs, Yom Kippur
What’s in a Name?
With Yom Kippur having occurred less than a week ago, many of us are still considering our atonement and forgiveness, presumably with great thankfulness. Pardon is not a simple gift or easily earned…
