Aaron
- Aaron, Anointing, Ceremony, Instructions, Intention, Israelites, Komps Kaos, Leviticus, Nation, Offering, Parsha, Priests, Purim, Service, Shul, Tzav, Vayikra, Worship
Pure Intentions…
In Parashat Tzav, instructions for offerings continue, as well as instructions for what the priests should offer to G!d. Rather than allowing Aaron and his sons to simply be covered by the offering…
- Aaron, Amalek, Beshalach, Israelites, Journey, Komps Kaos, Manna, Miriam, Moses, Parsha, Pharaoh, Quail, Red Sea, Shabbat Shira, Songs
Navigation
Pharaoh finally lets the Hebrews go – their G!d has wreaked enough havoc, and Egypt realizes their insufficiency before the deity protecting this nation – or so the story goes. This is just…
- Aaron, Deities, Egypt, Exodus, Freedom, Israelites, Komps Kaos, Miriam, Moses, Oppression, Parsha, Pharaoh, Plagues, Redemption, Slavery, Vaeira
Promises, Promises
I know this is repetitive, but G!d’s promise in Exodus 6:6-7 still connects me to this parsha undeniably. Through years of Seders, the four (five?) promises are engraved in my heart and mind.…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Aaron, Bo, Deities, Egypt, Exodus, Freedom, Hardened, Heart, Mockery, Moses, Oppression, Parsha, Pesach, Pharaoh, Plagues, Remember, Suffering
A Heavy Heart Leads to Glorious Freedom
Last week’s Torah portion began the account of the plagues G!d sent against Pharaoh and Egypt; this week’s parsha recounts the rest of the plagues. The section opens with G!d’s reason for bringing…
- Aaron, Altar of Incense, Ben Sira, Breastplate, Exodus, Josephus, Mediation, Moses, Offering, Ordination, Parsha, Plato, Prayer, Priests, Tabernacle, Tetzaveh, Thummim, Urim, Worship
Ritual Mediation
Last week, G!d gave instructions for designing the implements necessary for worship in his new dwelling place, the Tabernacle. In this week’s parsha, Tetzaveh (Exodus 27:20-30:10), G!d tells Moses how he wants the…