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Weekly Torah
The worship of the golden calf was a dead end street. Torah is a way of life that believes in life and the eternity of life and the Source of all life. The cult of the golden calf worshiped the comfort of mortality and the death-escape from responsibility Some religions worship the dead and others relish death. Torah is life.
Ki Tisa (Exodus 30:11-34:35)
Parashat Ki Tisa is read on Shabbat:
Adar 20, 5773/March 2, 2013
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COMING SOON: THE 4TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL TEMPLE MOUNT AWARENESS DAY ONLINE THREE HOUR STREAMING VIDEO HAPPENING!
March 10th, 7 PM – 10 PM, Israel time, (12 PM – 3 PM Eastern; 11 AM – 2 PM Central; 10 AM – 1 PM Mountain; 9 AM – 12 PM Pacific)
For all the details: temple-mount-awareness-5773.htm
Everyone needs clothes. From the first garments that G-d made for Adam and Chava, to the clothes we choose for ourselves today, what we cover ourselves with reflects the essence of our inner beings. But the garments that the Kohen Gadol – High Priest – wears reflect the will of G-d and are provided for by all of Israel. The beauty and splendor they radiate are the beauty and splendor of our relationship with G-d.
Shabbat Tetzave is followed by Purim and the reading of the scroll of Esther, in which we see king Achashverosh don the priestly garments in a perverse attempt to purge his kingdom of G-d, to prevent the rebuilding of the Holy Temple and to banish G-d’s presence from all the earth. He failed then and his descendents will fail today. The Holy Temple will be rebuilt!
Tetzave (Exodus 27:20-30:10)
Parashat Tetzave is read on Shabbat:
Adar 13, 5773/February 23, 2013
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COMING SOON: THE 4TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL TEMPLE MOUNT AWARENESS DAY ONLINE THREE HOUR STREAMING VIDEO HAPPENING!
March 10th, 7 PM – 10 PM, Israel time, (12 PM – 3 PM Eastern; 11 AM – 2 PM Central; 10 AM – 1 PM Mountain; 9 AM – 12 PM Pacific)
For all the details: temple-mount-awareness-5773.htm
The sublime beauty, limitless embrace and unifying power of the Tabernacle, and later the Holy Temple, are all contained within the first sacred vessel Israel was commanded to build: the Ark of the Covenant. Just 2.5 cubits long, 1.5 cubits wide, and 1.5 cubits high, made of acacia wood and gold, and constructed by the hands of man, the Ark nevertheless managed to straddle the expanse between our finite world and our endless source.
Terumah (Exodus 25:1-27:19)
Parashat Terumah is read on Shabbat:
Adar 6, 5773/February 16, 2013
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COMING SOON: THE 4TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL TEMPLE MOUNT AWARENESS DAY ONLINE THREE HOUR STREAMING VIDEO HAPPENING!
March 10th, 7 PM – 10 PM, Israel time, (12 PM – 3 PM Eastern; 11 AM – 2 PM Central; 10 AM – 1 PM Mountain; 9 AM – 12 PM Pacific)
For all the details: temple-mount-awareness-5773.htm
Two short videos recently made on the Temple Mount.
Jewish Prayer on the Temple Mount
Jewish Prayer on the Temple Mount is guaranteed by Israeli law. Yet if the Israel police hear a Jew utter a prayer on the Temple Mount he will be arrested, effectively rendering Jewish prayer at Judaism’s holiest site illegal. The official reason for banning Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount? Sensitivity to Moslem feelings.
Moslem Soccer on the Temple Mount
Playing soccer at this Moslem school on the Temple Mount has long been banned by order of the Israel Supreme Court, as it was deemed inappropriate and disrespectful of a holy site. Yet the Israel police have consistently declined to take action to enforce the court ordered ban. The official reason for allowing Moslem soccer on the Temple Mount? Sensitivity to Moslem feelings.
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The Sinai revelation takes place in a desert no man’s land, but the entire Sinai experience is a prequel and a dry run to the Daily Tamid Service of the Holy Temple through which the covenant at SInai is renewed, reconfirmed and made eternal each and every day.
Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1-24:18)
Parashat Mishpatim is read on Shabbat:
Shevat 29, 5773/February 9, 2013
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At Mount Sinai G-d stretched Israel’s capacities to the limit. Her senses turned upside-down, her reality turned inside-out, it was Israel’s unconditional embrace of the new role that G-d assigned her as caretaker of the universe, that gave her the strength to withstand the unbearable closeness of her encounter with G-d and make it through the Sinai rendezvous.
Yitro (Exodus 20:15-20:23)
Parashat Yitro is read on Shabbat:
Shevat 22, 5773/February 2, 2013
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Election Day in Israel: Like crossing the Sea of Reeds – nothing more and nothing less. An entire nation steps into the unknown, determined to shape its own destiny as one people, guided by their eternal faith in the G-d of Israel. It was breathtaking then, and it’s breathtaking now.
Beshalach (Exodus 13:17-17:16)
Parashat Beshalach is read on Shabbat:
Shevat 15, 5773/January 26, 2013
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