Vayakhel

July 20, 2021

Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy — A Map of Spring and Summer 2021

I've been wanting to get this down for weeks…. I’ve been very affected since March by Torah time – by how the cycle of reading the Torah in synagogue has mapped onto our experience of the pandemic since its one-year anniversary. The first anniversary of the formal declaration of the pandemic and the massive shut-downs… Continue reading

B’haalotcha, B’midbar, Behar, Calendar, Coronavirus, Current Affairs, Elul, High Holidays, Holidays, Ki Tetze, Ki Tissa, Korach, Leadership, Mas’ei, Mattot, Metzora, Naso, Numbers, Parashat Hashavua, Patience, Pekudei, Pinchas, Re’eh, Rosh Hashanah, Shmini, Shoftim, Study, Tisha B’Av, Torah, USA, Vayakhel, Vayikra, Yamim Noraim
March 15, 2021

A Year in the Desert — Reflections One Year Later

This was my D'var Torah on Saturday, March 13, 2021. Shabbat Ha-Chodesh is the name for the Shabbat that precedes the start of the month when Pesach occurs. These are some of my reflections on the past year of the Covid-19 pandemic; one piece can hardly say it all. Shabbat Ha-Chodesh, this day in the… Continue reading

Calendar, Coronavirus, Current Affairs, Election, Health Care, History, Holidays, Jewish Education, Justice, Leadership, Parashat Hashavua, Pekudei, Prayer, Shabbat, Shabbat Hachodesh, Spirituality, Synagogue, Temple Beth Abraham, Torah, Tzedek, USA, Vayakhel, Web/Tech, Youth
March 11, 2010

Vayakhel/Pekudei and Shabbat HaChodesh: Ending and Beginning

This week, we read in the Torah about completions — and preparations. We are finishing up the book of Shmot (Exodus). Chazak chazak v’nitchazek — Be strong, be strong, may we strengthen each other! Shmot began with bursting-out and disorder. The Children of Israel expanding at an expontential rate, then the beginning of slavery. As… Continue reading

Parashat Hashavua, Pekudei, Pesach, Shabbat Hachodesh, Vayakhel

Vayakhel

Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy — A Map of Spring and Summer 2021

A Year in the Desert — Reflections One Year Later

Vayakhel/Pekudei and Shabbat HaChodesh: Ending and Beginning