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Hadash

Tzniut: Modest Clothing

Why does it matter? This week two portions are read and we are finishing the book of Shemot or Exodus. In this week's portions are Vaykayel and Pekudei. The prophet and the kohen are to wear different clothes. Why? Clothes set us apart and can designate authority. The prophets were in and out of the peoples' lives and carried different messages to them from HaShem. The Kohen's position was the same forever. Their job was never changing. The clothing further set them apart when they served in the temple. The temple's and HaShem's glory and magnificence was further highlighted with the Kohen's clothing. What does that tell us about our role today as we serve HaShem and are in public? As the prophets are roles are multiple we do not have a dress code as the kohens. Our dress is to be modest so to draw attention to the inner person not the outer shell. This doesn't mean to be frumpy, but classy and modest. It applies to us as women as well as to the men. In today's society the outer person is judged to be who we are at first glance. If dressed in a classy, modest manner more attention will be paid to who we are as a person, what we said and what we do. That means that our walk before the Most High with...

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Bat Torah, Parasha Tetzaveh, Torah

Beat for Light and Clothing Speaks?

Beat for Light and Clothing Speaks?

Weekly Sidra: Tetzaveh (offering) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 27:20-30:10 Haftorah: Yechezkel / Ezekiel 43:1-27 This week's portion named, Parashat Tetzaveh, there are mitzvot or commandments that either we must understand background information to understand or must trust HaShem for the way put before us. Shemot or Exodux 27:20 begins that way ...

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Parasha Vayeshev, Torah, Torah Video

Goats & Garments – What Goes Around Comes Around

Goats & Garments – What Goes Around Comes Around

Weekly Sidra: Vayeshev (and he lived) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 37:1-40:23 Haftorah: Amos 2:6 – 3:8 Now Israel loved Joseph best of all his sons, for he was the child of his old age; and he had made him an ornamented tunic. 4 And when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of his brothers, they hated him so that t ...

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Bat Torah, Hitbodedut, Jewish Studies, Parashat Shemini, Torah

Serving and Becoming Like HaShem

Serving and Becoming Like HaShem

We have the culmination of the Mishkan (Taberncle)creation and beginning of use, doubled with the beginning Aaron and his sons being set aside as high priests occurring this week in the portion Shemini. Aaron loses two of his sons to the Most High's fire and HaShem gives us the kosher dietary laws, kashrut. This parsha has quite the storyline to f ...

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