Archive for January 2022
TEXTURES IN TIME, MISHPATIM – DISCRIMINATION
This Torah portion is the Netzah, the perseverance, of the revelation at of the previous week’s Torah portion bringing it into the details of day to life.
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There was thunder, lightening with a heavy cloud upon the mountain. The ram’s horn blasted long and loud. The people were trembling and transfixed at the bottom of the mountain. The Divine Presence brought smoke and fire, the smoke rose up in wondrous abundance.
Read MoreTEXTURES IN TIME – B’SHALAH, G’VURAH IN TIFERET
This parashah fills me with a sense of mystery. Not only is this Shabbat Shirah, but the potent mysterious Name of 72 (triads) is derived from three verses within B’Shalah.
Read MoreTEXTURES IN TIME – PARASHAT BO, COME!
Some learn how a doorpost ritual will help them avoid the final deadly plague and cause it to “pass over” their home. The Exodus from Mitzrayim happens. The “passing over”, in this Torah portion, becomes a root experience of being Jewish. It is a key aspect in Jewish identity.
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