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Circle around G-d: Celebrate, honor and sanctify life by making Him your center. This is the message of Torah from Sinai, from the simplest of commandments to the joyful observance of the three pilgrimage festivals.
Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1-24:18)
Parashat Mishpatim is read on Shabbat:
Shevat 24, 5774/January 25, 2014
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Who was Moshe, the “man of G-d?” Agitator for justice, freedom fighter, radical activist who led his people out of Egypt, Moshe is called to the mountain to “ascend to G-d.” He attained a level of G-d awareness unattained by any other before or since, and at Sinai elevated the entire nation with him.
Yitro (Exodus 18:1-20:23)
Parashat Yitro is read on Shabbat:
Shevat 17, 5774/January 18, 2014
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Bread from heaven: What a beautiful way for G-d to show His people how much He loves them! The manna which sustained Israel for forty years in the desert was replaced upon entering the land by bread which sprouts from the earth, a process no less miraculous than manna, and an expression no less poignant of G-d’s love for Israel.
Bo (Exodus 13:17-17:16)
Parashat Beshalach is read on Shabbat:
Shevat 10 Beshalach, 5774/January 11, 2014
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Are you afraid of the dark? Take comfort, fear of darkness afflicts many. But what if you are afraid of the light? The darkness that enveloped Pharaoh and his Egyptian subjects in the penultimate of the ten plagues was nothing more nor less than their all-consuming fear of the light of G-d’s truth.
Bo (Exodus 10:1-13:16)
Parashat Bo is read on Shabbat:
Shevat 3, 5774/January 4, 2014
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The multifaceted message of the ten plagues was to drive home the truth that there is but one G-d in the world, that He is concerned with every facet of His creation, and that He is the master of all that he has created. All the Pharaohs in the world can’t hold a candle to G-d’s great light.
Va’era (Exodus 6:2-9:35)
Parashat Va’era is read on Shabbat:
Tevet 25, 5774/December 28, 2013
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The book of Exodus is called in Hebrew the book of Names, (Shemot). Why? What’s in a name and why does Torah repeat the names of the seventy souls of Israel who descended into Egypt when their names were already mentioned earlier in the book of Genesis? Torah has come to teach us a deep and essential lesson in self-knowledge.
Shemot (Exodus 1:1-6:1)
Parashat Shemot is read on Shabbat:
Tevet 18, 5774/December 21, 2013
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When Yaakov was reunited with his beloved son Yosef, he understood it as the confirmation of G-d’s Oneness, and recited the Shema proclamation of G-d’s unity. His twelve sons would later reconfirm G-d’s Oneness by reciting the Shema, as Yaakov prepared to reveal to them his vision of the end of days. By this very affirmation of G-d’s Oneness in our world, Yaakov fulfills the promise of his other name, Yisrael, and his children, throughout the generations, fulfill their role as witnesses to G-d’s abiding and eternal unity.
Vayechi (Genesis 47:28-50:26)
Parashat Vayechi is read on Shabbat:
Tevet 11, 5774/December 14, 2013
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