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This Shabbat we read Parashat Va’etchanan, a weekly portion full or wonderful things to speak about and to spark about. On this occasion of Va’etchanan, I’d like to draw attention to the section in which the Ten Commandments are repeated to B’nei Yisrael, the People...
This week we read Parashat D’varim, the first portion in the book of Deuteronomy. As is always – and I mean always – the case, the Shabbat on which we read Parashat D’varim is also the Shabbat before Tish’a B’av, the ninth day of the...
Torah Spark for Parashat Matot-Mas’ei 5777 This Shabbat we read from the double portion of Matot-Mas’ei which brings to a conclusion the book of Numbers. In this extremely long double parasha, we find a recounting of the stops the Israelites made during their forty years in...
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Torah Spark for Parashat Pinchas 5777 This Shabbat we read from Parashat Pinchas, which is famous for containing the special maftir aliyot for all the major Jewish holidays of the year. Among the other important moments in this week’s portion is when Moshe’s successor is formally...
This Shabbat we read from Parashat Balak, one of three portions in the Torah named for people who were not a member of the Israelites (the other two are Yitro, who was Moshe’s father-in-law, and Noach who was a righteous man in his generation but...
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This Shabbat we read from Parashat Korach which tells the story of the only serious rebellion against Moshe and Aaron’s leadership of the Israelite people. While this story is of course an example of the wickedness of Korach and the unstable nature of the Israelites,...