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Hadash

Priestly Gifts – Sidra Emor

Weekly Sidra: Emor (Say) Torah Portion: Leviticus / Vayikra / 21:1-24:23  Haftorah: Yechezkel / 44:15- 44:31 “This shall be their portion, for I am their portion; and no holding shall be given them in Israel, for I am their holding. 29 The meal offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings shall be consumed by them. Everything proscribed in Israel shall be theirs. 30 All the choice first fruits of every kind and all the gifts of every kind— of all your contributions— shall go to the priests. You shall further give the first of the yield of your baking to the priest that a blessing may rest upon your home.”(Ezekiel 44:28-30) This week’s Torah and Haftarah portions deal with the commandments concerning the Levitical priests (Cohanim). I found the above portion interesting.  The priestly portion and holding given to them is Hashem.  All the best fruits, food, etc shall be given to the priests.  [...]

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Parasha Tzav, Torah, Torah Video

Leaven in Our Lives – Sidra Tzav

Leaven in Our Lives - Sidra Tzav

Weekly Sidra: Tzav ( Command) Torah Portion: Vayikra / Leviticus 6:1-8:36 Haftorah: Malachi 3:4-3:24 Behold, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before the coming of the awesome, fearful day of Adonai. He shall reconcile parents with children and children with their parents, so that, when I come, I do not strike the whole land with ...

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Chag Passover / Pesach, Haggim, Torah, Torah Video

The Korban Pesach (Videos)

The Korban Pesach (Videos)

Korban Pesach (Hebrew: קרבן פסח "sacrifice of Passover") also known as the "Paschal Lamb" is the sacrifice that the Torah mandates to be brought on the eve of Passover, and eaten on the first night of the holiday with bitter herbs and matzo. According to the Torah, it was first offered o ...

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Chag Passover / Pesach, Shabbat HaHadol, Torah

Shabbat HaGadol – The Shabbat before Pesach!

Shabbat HaGadol - The Shabbat before Pesach!

Shabbat HaGadol ("Great Shabbat" שבת הגדול ) is the Shabbat immediately before Passover. There is a special Haftarah reading on this Shabbat of the book of Malachi. Traditionally a lengthy and expansive sermon is given to the general community in the afternoon. Various reasons are given for ...

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Parasha Ki Tisa, Torah, Torah Video

Sitting on the Fence – Sidra Ki Tisah

Sitting on the Fence – Sidra Ki Tisah

Weekly Sidra: Ki Tisa (when you lift up) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 30:1-34:35 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / I Kings 18:20-18:39 Ahab sent orders to all the Israelites and gathered the prophets at Mount Carmel. Elijah approached all the people and said, "How long will you keep hopping between two opinions? If the Lord is God, fo ...

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Parasha Shemot, Torah, Torah Video

Mashiach like unto Moshe

Mashiach like unto Moshe

Weekly Sidra: Shemot (Names) Torah Portion: Shemot /Exodus 1:1-6:1 Haftorah: Yermiyahu /Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 According to the yearly Torah cycle, this week we are reading the weekly Parasha called Shemot which means Names in Hebrew and begins the book of Exodus 1:1-6:1. This portion of Scripture details the birth of Moshe. At the time of ...

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Bat Torah, Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies

Tzitzi Wearing Woman

Tzitzi Wearing Woman

Can / Should Women Wear Tzitzit? Women are exempt from wearing tzitzit because it is a time-bound mitzvah which a woman does not have to follow. If women are exempt from this commandment, does that mean she cannot observe it at all if she willingly chooses?  We often see Reform and Conservative women draped in a tallit gadol. Many times it is ...

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How to Videos, Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, Torah

How to wear a Tallit (Videos)

How to wear a Tallit (Videos)

What is a tallit? The tallit (also pronounced tallis, or talet) is a prayer shawl, the most authentic Jewish garment. It is a rectangular-shaped piece of linen or wool (and sometimes, now, polyester or silk) with special fringes called Tzitzit on each of the four corners. The purpose of the garment is to hold the Tzitzit. Most tallitot (alternative ...

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Mashiach

Shabbat in the Hebrew Scriptures

Shabbat in the Hebrew Scriptures

Shabbat (Sabbath) is mentioned over 170 times in the Bible, one-third of those in the Besora Tova HaGeula (Good News of Redemption). In the first book of the hebrew Scriptrures, in Bereshit / Genesis 2:3 tells us "God blessed the seventh day and separated it as holy" as the final act of Creation.  It has been thousands of years since ...

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Jewish Prayer, Mashiach, News

Speaking to God – Tefilot (Prayers)

Speaking to God - Tefilot (Prayers)

Jewish prayer is an aid to developing a meritorious attitude and a commendable way of feeling. Therefore, Jews actively seek reasons to praise God’s creation. There are Jewish prayers to be said when witnessing a falling star, when hearing the clap of thunder in the clouds, when seeing a rainbow, when noticing the first bud of spring on the b ...

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Chag Sukkot, Haggim, Torah, Torah Video

Sukkot – the Feast of Tabernacles (Videos)

Sukkot - the Feast of Tabernacles (Videos)

Sukkot (Hebrew: סוכות or סֻכּוֹת, sukkōt, Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles) is a Jewish holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei (late September to late October). It is one of the three biblically-mandated Shalosh regalim on which Jews made pilgrimag ...

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Chag Sukkot, Haggim, Jewish Studies, Torah

Feast of Sukkot / Tabernacles

Feast of Sukkot / Tabernacles

Chag Sukkot / חג הסוכות , translated means “the feast of Tabernacles", occurs for seven days. There is a quick transition from the high holidays, with their somber mood of repentance to a holiday of rejoicing and celebration, for which the people are commanded to build a hut (Sukkah; plural ...

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Bat Torah, Parasha Emor, Torah

Shine What? Can Holiness show the way?

Shine What? Can Holiness show the way?

Kedusha (holiness) is the theme opening again for this portion. Twice Moshe speaks, about this lifestyle required of them. A lifestyle with more required and more restrictions than the rest of the Israelites. The priests and high priests were more than just religious figures performing roles. They stood in for the people, made korbanot (sacrifices, ...

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Parasha Masei, Torah, Torah Video

Footsteps of Messiah – Parasha Ma’sei

Footsteps of Messiah - Parasha Ma'sei

Weekly Sidra: Ma’sei (Journeys) Torah Portion: Bamidbar/ Numbers 33:1-36:13 Haftorah: Yermiyahu / Jeremiah 2:4-28; 4:1-4:2 Bamidbar 33:1 These are the journeys of the Children of Israel when they went out from the Land of Mitzrayim in their legions by the hand of Moshe and Aaron. אלה מסע• ...

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Parashat Balak, Torah, Torah Video

Seeing is not Believing

Seeing is not Believing

Weekly Sidra: Balak Torah Portion: Bamidbar/ Numbers 22:2-25:9 Haftorah: Micah 5:6-6:8 Bamidbar 22:2 And Balak son of Zipor saw all that Israel did to the Emorites. Balak the king of Moav is introduced to us as בן צפור Ben Tzipor. Why are we only told he is the King of Moav later in the passage?&nb ...

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