Aramean
- Aramean, Blessing, Circumcision, Community, Covenant, Curse, Days of Awe, Deuteronomy, Egypt, Exodus, Heart, High Holidays, Israel, Israelites, Nitzavim, Pesach, Rosh Hoshannah, Yom T'ruah
L’Chaim in 5777!
“So keep the words of this covenant to do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.” Tonight’s Shabbat is the last of 5776. Sunday night we begin celebrating the a…
- Aramean, Atonement, Commandments, Covenant, Egypt, Enter, Forgiveness, High Holidays, Inheritance, Israel, Ki Tavo, Obedience, Remember, Salvation, Selichot
A Grand Entrance
Last week we went out – this week we enter. “When you enter the land which the L!rd your G!d gives you as an inheritance…” begins Parashat Ki Tavo. Moshe is logically moving…
- Aramean, Brooklyn, Drama, Family, Four Cups, Haggadah, Hallel, Joy, Matzah, Music, New York, Pesach, Seder, Slavery, Songs, Stories, Wine
Back to Brooklyn
Pesach 5776 in Midwood was a smashing success for the second year in a row! Five sojourners came together for a literal exodus – since our hosts were moving the very next week!…
- Aramean, Be'er Sheva, Birthright, Blessing, Esau, Isaac, Jacob, Laban, Matriarchs, Parsha, Patriarchs, Rebekah, Toldot, Twins
Twins & Enemies
Although he is the patriarch inhabiting the least biblical space, Isaac’s name arouses admiration, suspicion, and scandal. This week’s parsha, Tol’dot (generations), reminds us of what we’ve just read: that Isaac is Abraham’s…
- Altar, Aramean, Covenant, Days of Awe, Deuteronomy, Haftorah, High Holidays, Instructions, Israelites, Ki Tavo, Land, Light, Offering, Parsha, Pesach, Promises, Repentance, Rosh Hoshannah, Slichot, Torah
A Light in the Land
This week’s portion, Ki Tavo (Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8), continues to be about the goodness of a land the Israelites are about to enter as G!d promised. The haftorah, Isaiah 60, connects to the promises…