Promises
- 5784, Aaron, Bo, Death, Egypt, Exodus, Hardened, Moses, Parsha, Passover, Pesach, Pharaoh, Plagues, Power, Promises, Protection, Redemption, Shemot, Threats
Death Threats
As Moshe and Aaron continued to encounter Pharaoh and negotiate the freedom of the Hebrew slaves, death hung in the air, actualized through certain plagues (even before the last sign). Parashat Bo continues to…
- 5781, Abraham, Blessing, Covenant, Dissertation Diary, Faithfulness, Genesis, Hagar, Ishmael, Journey, Lekh Lekha, Lot, Names, Nation, Pandemic, Parsha, Promises, Sarah, Travel
Into the Unknown!
Seven months into a changed way of life during a pandemic, the unknown is old news. Rather than embarking as a result of our own volition, or even being asked to do so,…
- 5780, Ark, Babel, Bereshit, Confusion, Covenant, Destruction, Dissertation Diary, Flood, Genesis, Loss, Noach, Parsha, Promises, Rainbow, Rashi, Ruin, Sforno
Promises, Promises…
So the first “promise” of the Torah depends on the weather – really? In the realm of G!d’s power to respond to the world, rain was the retribution of choice. Without delving into…
- 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…
- Blessing, Covenant, Curse, Days of Awe, Deuteronomy, Egypt, High Holidays, Instructions, Israelites, Land, Moses, Nitzavim, Parsha, Pesach, Promises, Purpose, Reflection, Remember, September 11, Yom Kippur
A Day to Remember * A Day to Reflect
“You stand this day, all of you, before the L!rd your G!d…” The first words of Parashat Nitzavim remind us of the imminent Days of Awe, pointing our minds and hearts toward reflection.…
- 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…
- Berakhot, Cincinnati, Deuteronomy, Eikev, Farewell, Israelites, Love, Mishnah, Moses, New York, Parsha, Pesach, PhD, Priests, Promises, Relationship, Shema, Talmud, Vahavta
Farewell Speeches
My first post on this blog comes not much more than a week before I move to Cincinnati to begin my Ph.D. It is an exciting time, certainly, yet as all fortuitous ventures…
