Messiah
- 5784, Aaron, Altar of Incense, Anointing, Exodus, Ki Tisa, Menorah, Messiah, Moses, Offering, Oil, Parsha, Priests, Shemot, Spices, Tabernacle, Tent of Meeting, Worship, משיח, שמן
The Spices of משיח
The sensory event of the Tent of Meeting and service therein continues in this week’s parsha, Ki Tisa. From the fashion and ringing sounds of the priestly garments (as well as the fabric, metal,…
- Deuteronomy, Devarim, Dissertation, Judges, Kings, Messiah, Moses, Parsha, Priests, Prophet, Redemption, Sacrifice, Shoftim
Prophets, Priests, & Kings
Shoftim has it all…every popular messiah-type, that is! After declaring how the shared responsibility of community judgment should be directed, along with an all-too-familiar helping of laws to keep the community pure, the…
- 5780, Abimelech, Abraham, Akedah, Bereshit, Dissertation Diary, Genesis, Hagar, Hospitality, Ishmael, Lot, Messiah, Midrash, Parsha, Philo, Sarah, Sister Wives, Sodom, Theophany, Vayera
Our Ancestral Drama: Comedy or Tragedy?
The laughing started last week, but argument, sin, confusion, and oppression are quick on the heels of such mirth. In a parsha that begins with guests, hospitality, and a theophany, the human condition…
- Elijah, Gadol, Haftorah, Haggadah, Hebrew, Jerusalem, Liturgy, Malachi, Messiah, Nisan, Parsha, Pesach, Petition, Praise, Prayer, Return, Seder, Shabbat, Spring
The Greatest Shabbos of 5776
Tonight is Shabbat haGadol – the Great Shabbat, the Shabbat that falls just before Pesach. I guess that means this year is doubly great, since Pesach falls on Shabbos, too! Weeks of excitement…
