Sinai
- 5784, Aaron, Banquet, Elders, Exodus, Feet, Food and Drink, Isaiah, Leaders, Mishpatim, Mitzvah, Moses, Parsha, Physical Presence, Rules, Sapphire, Shemot, Sinai, Splendor, Torah
Approaching the Divine
Parashat Mishpatim is full of rules, including those that leave the Hebrew people with timeless principles as well as situational directions that seem specific to a certain lifestyle. Indeed, many of the injunctions which…
- Commandments, Communication, Craftsmen, Exodus, Israelites, Komps Kaos, Listening, Moses, Parsha, Shemot, Sinai, Tabernacle, Tent of Meeting, Vayakhel
A Long Game of Telephone
We’ve been reading about the Tabernacle for a while now. You can probably list off many of the instructions for building the Tent of Meeting with your eyes closed. This week, we’ll hear…
- Attributes, Birthday, Characteristics, Creativity, Exodus, Golden Calf, Ki Tisa, Komps Kaos, Moses, Parsha, Radiance, Shemot, Sinai, Tabernacle, Tablets, Tent of Meeting
Charactering the Creator
Almost every week I say to someone, “This parsha is one of my favorites” – and this week, that’s definitely true! Full of stories and one of the most diverse parshiyot, Ki Tisa…
- Altar, Clothing, Consecration, Exodus, Holiness, Komps Kaos, Menorah, Moses, Offering, Parsha, Priests, Shemot, Sinai, Splendor, Tabernacle, Tent of Meeting, Tetzaveh
The Best Dressed Priests
Do you think about how your religious leaders or representatives dress? Is there anything special about what they wear to do their job? what they wear every day? Do you think their clothing…
- Cooperation, Craftsmen, Details, Exodus, Invitation, Israelites, JTS, Komps Kaos, Moses, Offering, Parsha, Partnership, Physical Presence, Shemot, Sinai, Tabernacle, Tent of Meeting, Terumah, Wandering
Containing the Divine
The presence of G!d is with the Israelites, traveling with the people and resting where they stop. How do they know, and how do we know as readers? Besides the Torah saying as…
- Commandments, Community, Exodus, Interpretation, Israelites, Judges, Komps Kaos, Law, Mishpatim, Mitzvah, Moses, Narrative, New York, Parsha, Rules, Shemot, Sinai, Torah
Judging Rules
Parashat Mishpatim begins with, “And these are the judgments which you will set before them.” Sometimes the word for judgments, the title of this parsha, mishpatim, gets translated as rules…which isn’t quite right.…
- Advice, Burden, Delegation, Exodus, Fiddler on the Roof, Judges, Komps Kaos, Parsha, Shemot, Sinai, Trust, Wandering, Yitro
We All Need Advising Sometimes…
In this parsha, Moses’ father-in-law claims a new status in history: Advisor. How does he come to hold this position? He recognizes that Moses has been acting alone in judging the Hebrew people.…
- Aaron, Archaeology, Attributes, Census, Craftsmen, Family, Golden Calf, Ki Tisa, Moses, New Orleans, Offering, Parsha, Radiance, Ritual, Sinai, Smells, Synagogues, Tabernacle, Tablets, Worship
Mardi Gras & Radiant Faces
Last week I was in New Orleans celebrating the return of spring with my family. We enjoyed touring Touro Synagogue, hanging out in the French Quarter, attending the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, visiting…
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Give From Your Heart
Now that G!d has moved the Israelites out of Egypt and set them on their journey to the promised land, established a leader and laid out certain boundaries, he asks for the nation…
- Aaron, Advice, Commandments, Counsel, Eliezer, Exodus, Gershom, Hebrew, Israelites, Jethro, Judges, Leaders, Moses, Mountain, Sinai, Tzipporah, Utterances, Wisdom
Words of Wisdom, Motions of Might
Always a good week in February, this week between Sarah’s birthday and mine I enjoyed nice warm weather, some good conversations with friends, and a great Kabbalat Shabbat service last night. My dad…
