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Weekly Torah Readings
Clothes make the man. This old saw is certainly applicable to the case of the kohen gadol – the high priest and his “garments of glory and splendor.” The garments themselves possess an intrinsic holiness. Their detailed components each can effect an atonement for the vast array of human failings. The kohen gadol, when wearing the garments and achieving a level of self-conscious identification with the human character common to all of us, can open up a window of atonement and spiritual realignment through will we all can emerge enhanced and ennobled, if we but take hold of the moment.
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Tetzaveh (Exodus 27:20-30:10)
Parashat Tetzaveh is read on Shabbat:
Adar 11, 5769/March 7, 2009
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“They shall make an ark of acacia wood…” (Exodus 25:10) Aron HaBrit – The Ark of the Covenant – performs no function in the Divine service, and is approached but once a year when the Kohen Gadol – the High Priest – enters the Holy of Holies on Yom Kippur – the Day of Atonement. It is the one Temple vessel that actually serves as a permanent receptacle – holding the Tablets of the Law. Yet of all the vessels described in the Torah reading of Terumah, the Ark of the Covenant remains the most compelling to the imagination. From the Ark emanates the supernal light of Torah and a reflection in this world of the perfected world and the pure light of the Garden of Eden.
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Terumah (Exodus 25:1-27:19)
Parashat Terumah is read on Shabbat:
Adar 4, 5769/February 28, 2009
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The Hebrew slave who demurs on freedom and chooses servitude has his ear pierced against the doorpost. G-d opens many doors for us as we march forward toward our own destiny. As free men we are to pass through those doors, not become affixed to them.
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Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1-24:18)
Parashat Mishpatim is read on Shabbat:
Shvat 27, 5769/February 21, 2009
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Receiving Torah at Mount Sinai: Expecting the unexpected.
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Yitro (Exodus 18:1-20:23)
Parashat Yitro is read on Shabbat:
Shvat 20, 5769/February 14, 2009
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The song of the Sea, sung by the children of Israel at the splitting of the Sea of Reeds is the celebration of the recognition of G-d in the world, and can only be sung after we put that recognition to the test, and take the first step into the sea that lies before us.
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Beshalach (Exodus 13:17-17:16)
Parashat Beshalach is read on Shabbat:
Shvat 13, 5769/February 7, 2009
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Parashat Va’era traces the steps of the emergence of the children of Israel from the bondage of Egypt, for which we thank G-d every day, and celebrate on the seven days of Passover. True, we are no longer slaves in Egypt, but how free are we?
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Va’era (Exodus 6:2-9:35)
Parashat Va’era is read on Shabbat:
Tevet 28, 5769/January 24, 2009
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Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
We begin the book of Exodus in which Moses is chosen to lead the children of Israel out from their servitude in Egypt. But first Moses has this question for G-d: Why? What plan have you for Israel? To what end will their freedom from bondage serve?
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Shemot (Exodus 1:1-6:1)
Parashat Shemot is read on Shabbat:
Tevet 21, 5769/January 17, 2009
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