While digging deep into our Torah portion for this week, Tetzavah, I found an abundance of text that relates beautifully to our mission of WRJ.
In this Parashah, it states God commands “you shall command his sons of Israel to use pure olive oil for kindling
On February 8, 1974, a very snowy evening 45 years ago, I became a Bat Mitzvah. On that Friday night, I chanted Haftorah, led the congregation in worship, and talked about my commitment to Judaism and plans to continue my Jewish education. After services...
This Torah portion appears immediately following the giving of the Ten Commandments.
Beginning with “These are the rules you shall set before them,” God instructs Moses to impart specific rules governing various aspects of day-to-day life.
I have a special fondness for this week’s parashah, Yitro. The most important reason for this is that Yitro was my Bat Mitzvah parashah.
Like so many women, I became a Bat Mitzvah as an adult. In 1998, I saw a small article in my congregation bulletin...
Water is a precious natural resource – both life giving and life sustaining. Yet, in many parts of the world, water supplies are scarce or dwindling. What does water scarcity mean to us today and what does Torah tell us about how to mitigate this scarcity?
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Parshat Bo takes us to the dramatic final moments of the Exodus from Egypt. We experience the final three plagues - locusts, darkness, and the killing of the first-born, the Israelites celebrate the first Passover, and the terrified Egyptians send them on...
This week’s Torah portion, Va'era, is perhaps the most recognized parashah, because it introduces Pharaoh’s refusal to let the Jewish people leave Egypt and the drama of the plagues as God’s response.
This week’s parashat, Sh’mot from the book of Exodus, is about two heroic women who were not afraid of overcoming challenges in order to do what they knew to be right. The two heroines in the parashat are Egyptian midwives, Shiphrah and Puah. The midwives..
Parashat Va-y’chi, the last parashah in Genesis, marks the end of the stories of the patriarchs and matriarchs and foreshadows the Exodus narrative of slavery and freedom. In this portion, Jacob, the last of the patriarchs, nears the end of his life and...
This week’s parashah, Vayigash, is one often retold and even popularized in movies and musicals.