by Sarah Gazitt | Aug 17, 2023 | Torah Reflections
Shof’tim Deuteronomy 16:18 – 21:9 Parashat Shof’tim is read around the beginning of the month of Elul, the last month of the Jewish year. Less than 29 days separate us from Rosh HaShanah, New Year’s Day, and Elul is a time of taking personal inventory in...
by Sarah Gazitt | Jul 21, 2023 | Torah Reflections
D’varim Deuteronomy 1:1 – 3:22 “Eleh ha-D’arim—These are the words that Moses spoke to all of Israel….” (Deut.1:1) With these words we begin the fifth and final book of the Torah, in which Moses both retells and explains the foundational myth of the Hebrew...
by Bet Alef Administrator | Jul 14, 2023 | Torah Reflections
Matot-Mas’ei Numbers 30:2 – 36:13 Parashat Masei is the closing section of the Book of Numbers, which many scholars believe was originally the last Book of Moses, i.e., the last book of the Torah. With the death of Moses, our history continued in the Book...
by Bet Alef Administrator | Jul 7, 2023 | Torah Reflections
Pinchas Numbers 25:10 – 30:1 Parashat Pinchas describes yet another census of the Israelites, and this time there’s a fascinating twist. Five spunky women have the courage to challenge the status quo by insisting that their family name be included in the census....
by Bet Alef Administrator | Jun 30, 2023 | Torah Reflections
Chukat – Balak Numbers 19:1 – 25:9 As Parashat Balak opens, the Israelites are encamped at the border of Moab. Fearing that the “horde” will overcome his kingdom, as they have many others, King Balak looks for a trump card to shift the odds in his favor....
by Bet Alef Administrator | Jun 23, 2023 | Torah Reflections
Korach Numbers 16:1 – 18:32 At the end of last week’s parashah, Sh’lach L’cha, the Israelites were at the edge of the Promised Land. Twelve tribal leaders went to scope out the land and when they returned they advised, ten against two, that the tribes should...
