Every chapter, verse, word, and even letter in the Five Books of Moses is filled with meaning and timeless life lessons. Jews read this sacred text from a parchment Torah scroll in synagogue each year, with a different section (parsha) allocated to each week. Year after year we read the same parshas, always finding deeper meanings and new relevance to our lives and the world around us.
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Passover Final Days: Why Moses Brought Joseph’s Bones Out Of Egypt
Was this not a task Moses could’ve delegated?
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Passover First Days: A Passover Law That Mystified the Sages
Even the Sages were confused until Hillel arrived.
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PekudeiVayakhel Vayakhel-Pekudei: With Bells On!
The pomegranates and bells on the High Priest’s robe.
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Ki Tisa Ki Tisa: We Have Some Holy Waiting To Do
Let’s not be defined by an inevitable but momentary regression.
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Tetzaveh Tetzaveh: How Can the Almighty Dwell Within Little Ol’ Us?
God didn’t say He’d dwell “among us,” but rather “within us.”
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Terumah Terumah: Even Moses Can’t Do It Alone
Table for Five: Terumah Edited by Salvador Litvak, the Accidental Talmudist And you shall erect the Tabernacle according to its proper manner, as you have been shown on the mountain. -Ex. 26:30 Rabbi Nicole Guzik, Sinai Temple It is often …
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Mishpatim Mishpatim: The Coded Meaning Of An Eye For An Eye
Our Sages have always understood this verse as calling for financial damages.
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Yitro Yitro: Why Are We Commanded to Honor Rather Than Love Our Parents?
The fifth commandment seems to fall in the wrong column.
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Beshalach Beshalach: When The Long Way Is Really The Short Way
God knew the short cut would’ve caused us to short circuit.
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Bo Bo: After 400 Years, We Couldn’t Wait For The Dough To Rise?
The Egyptians owed us hundreds of years of stolen wages. Did we owe them something? Table for Five: Bo Edited by Salvador Litvak, the Accidental Talmudist The people picked up their dough when it was not yet leavened, their …