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A Holy Dwelling
The Torah readings Vayakhel and Pekudey are often chanted on the same Shabbat, and the Haftarah is usually the one which echoes many of the details... -
Dinah Rising
Dinah, daughter of Leah and Jacob, has long been a source of speculation, angst, misplaced blame, and a defiant reminder of the ills of the patriar... -
When is a kiss more than "just a kiss"?
When is a kiss more than "just a kiss"? When the same word is mentioned four times in the same Torah portion, or parasha, that's when! In parshat V... -
Hey-What about Hagar?
Last week, we read about the end of Sarah's life, following (some commentators say "caused") by her son Isaac's near sacrifice at the hands of her husband, Abraham. But what about the OTHER wife, Hagar?
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Salt, Tears and Laughter
Have you ever laughed so much that you cried? Or the reverse,sobbed uncontrollably until your tears were dry and all you could taste was salt? Our Biblical Mother Sarah would have had a thing or two to say about tears of laughter and tears of joy... -
Moses and Me
Forty-six years ago, a young woman stood at the ammud/lectern to give her D'var Torah and chant her Haftarah at her Bat Mitzvah. Shaking like a leaf in a storm, the nervous twelve year old version of myself began her prepared remarks... -
Darkest before the Dawn
People often use the phrase, "it is always darkest before the dawn" as an attempt to comfort others when they can't find anything else to say. I ha... -
Put on your Thinking Cap...
Did you know that a kosher kippah only needs to be big enough to cover one's fist? Rabbi Susan Grossman of Columbia, MD shared that teaching with m... -
On the Fringe
Being "on the fringe" can mean the outer periphery of a place, ideas that are quite far from the accepted norm, even land that is on the far flung ... -
Lifting up the Heads
Lifting up the Heads
https://renaissancewomankippot.org/blogs/muse/lifting-up-the-heads
Parshat Naso deals with a lot of mundane "stuff": from the census to the "sota", the trial by ordeal forced upon a suspected adulteress ( but not, we note, for the adulterer). She is forced to drink waters which will make her violently ill or kill her. As my former Rabbi, Jonathan Cohen, used to say,
"What is it about the patriarchy that you don't get?"
And yet, Manoah's WIFE is addressed in the Haftarah...
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Shavuot: the "plus one" holiday (Updated 2022)
So,by the time Shavuot occurs, we will have counted the Omer, the days between Pesach and Shavuot, for the past 49 days. We've tried to do self-improvement: to BE "plus one," ie, better than we are now... -
Counting the Days
"Teach us to number our days (correctly), that we may attain a heart of wisdom"- Ps. 90 During this period of time, Sefirat ha- Omer, we do just th...
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