Moses
- 5778, Days of Awe, Gemara, Haazinu, High Holidays, Interpretation, Listening, Liturgy, Midrash, Moses, New Year, Praise, Prayer, Rosh Hoshannah, Textual Criticism, Yamim Noraim, Yom Kippur
5778 Ways to Listen This Year
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Clearly I need to make some resolutions, like getting through the whole year on here…oh well, maybe after I finish coursework (this year!) you’ll see some improvements. But really –…
- Cloud, Construction, Craftsmen, Exodus, Israelites, Moses, Offering, Parsha, Pekudei, Pesach, Physical Presence, Priests, Service, Spring, Tabernacle, Vayakhel, Worship
Establishing a Presence
It’s time to start preparing for Pesach – I’m excited but almost can’t believe it! The weather is also telling us that spring is here with warmer temperatures and more rain. I wish…
- 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…
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Give From Your Heart
Now that G!d has moved the Israelites out of Egypt and set them on their journey to the promised land, established a leader and laid out certain boundaries, he asks for the nation…
- 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…
- Amalek, Beshalach, Birthday, Egypt, Exodus, Moses, Music, Parsha, Pesach, Pharaoh, Praise, Prayer, Red Sea, Redemption, Salvation, Shabbat Shira, Songs, Tu Bishvat
Just Keep Singing!
This is a good weekend. Today is my sister’s birthday, coinciding with Tu Bishvat and Shabbat Shirah. The weather is warm, like the world knows we should be celebrating this auspicious day. During…
- 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…
- Egypt, Exodus, Heart, Let My People Go, Magicians, Moses, Parsha, Pesach, Pharaoh, Plagues, Redemption, Seder, Stories, Vaeira
The Plague of Repetition
This week, we’re told over and over again that Pharaoh’s heart was hardened. As if Moses’ job wasn’t hard enough, his shyness and Pharaoh’s refusal to comply without G!d sending plagues added obstacles…
- Burning Bush, Disobedience, Egypt, Exodus, Fear, Fire, Hebrew, Israelites, Kings, Moses, Names, Nation, Parsha, Pharaoh, Redemption, Refining, Shemot, Slavery, Trials
Haughty Kings and Trials of Fire
Done, done, and we’re on to the next one… Welcome to Exodus, the story of our people, or so they say. Named after the first word, and the title of the book, Shemot,…
- Annual Cycle, Blessing, Israel, Israelites, Moses, Nebo, Parsha, Praise, Simchat Torah, Sukkot, Tribe, Vzot haBrakhah
It’s Time to Dance!
It’s almost here – another year has gone by. Sukkot 5777 rushed by in Cincinnati with some rainy days, a definite chilling of the air, studying and learning, spending time with friends. Monday…