Freedom
- 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…
- 5784, Bereshit, Captives, Collective, Evaporation, Flood, Freedom, Genesis, Israel, Noach, Noah, Palestine, Parsha, Peace, Prayer, Shalom, Wholeness
Waiting for Evaporation
There are times that feel like a deluge – of information, emotions, tasks, and other things over which we cannot control. I found some encouragement in this current flood of pain, loss, confusion,…
- Beauty, Exodus, Faithfulness, Freedom, Instructions, Komps Kaos, Oppression, Parsha, Pekudei, Physical Presence, Priests, Promises, Redemption, Relationship, Shemot, Slavery, Tabernacle, Temple, Tent of Meeting
Enduring Beauty
Every year when I read Exodus, I begin to feel like the last few weeks’ parshiyot are a long repetition (in case that wasn’t obvious to you from my recent reflections). Maybe they’re…
- 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, 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…
