Offering
- Assembly, Community, Congregation, Creativity, Haftorah, Instructions, Israelites, Moses, Obedience, Offering, Parsha, Tabernacle, Temple, Vayakhel
Enjoining the Joining (of Hands)
Moses has received G!d’s instructions for the Israelites, including the construction of the Tabernacle so he could dwell among them. However, for these words to become a reality, the people would have to…
- 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…
- Ark of the Covenant, Exodus, Menorah, Mercy Seat, Offering, Parsha, Priests, Tabernacle, Table, Tent of Meeting, Terumah, Worship
Tabernacle Bling
It’s time to get back to those d’var Torah, don’tcha think? We’ve moved from Kislev to Adar I (since it’s a leap year), and from Bereshit (Genesis) to Shmot (Exodus), from Joseph to…
- 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…