WRJ Voices: Ki Tisa
Ki Tisa, this week’s Torah portion, is the one I dedicated in “The Torah: A Women's Commentary.” That is because it was the portion on the day I was born. I thought that would be a great starting point for my d'var.
Diane Kaplan
WRJ Voices: Ki Teitzei
Deuteronomy, the last of the Five Books of Moses, is filled with a repetition of the laws that were given earlier in the Torah and also some new ones. There are particularly, lots of laws pertaining to women. We have finally been given a major part of a...
Voices of WRJ: Mishpatim
The last few parashot have had the Israelites more than frantic. They have left Egypt, crossed the Sea, begun their journey through the wilderness, and encountered crises of lacking both food and water. There has been an uprising and the beginnings of a mutiny. The Ten Commandments have been given to the people and amazingly received and accepted, "Na'aseh v'nishma, We will do and we will understand:" a concept I personally find remarkable but which I believe we still practice to this day.
Voices for WRJ: Parashat Ki Tisa
I knew when I chose to write this week’s D’var Torah on this portion that it was my birth portion but I did not realize that this year, it would come the week after my birthday. I didn’t know that my birthday would be on Purim and that this was the Torah portion that would be read on the Friday night that has been designated as Centennial Shabbat. A rabbi once told me that we are born to our Torah portions. So, since we often say that there are no coincidences, this was obviously the portion I was meant to write about! Still I have never been one to write traditional Dvrei Torah and this one is no exception. I hope you enjoy it.