Archive for May, 2008
Shabbat Behukotai
May 23-24, 2008 19 Iyar 5768 Day 34 of the Omer Shabbat Behukotai Torah Portion: Leviticus 26:3-27:34 Haftarah Portion: Jeremiah 16:19-17:14 “The Value of a Human Being” Dear Friends, This week’s Torah portion concludes the reading of the book of Leviticus, the third book of the Torah. The portion has two distinctive parts. The first [...]
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May 16-17, 2008 12 Iyar 5768 Day 27 of the Omer Shabbat Behar Torah Portion: Leviticus 25:1-26:2 Haftarah Portion: Jeremiah 32:6–27 “U’kratem d’ror ba’aretz l’chol yoshveha – Proclaim Liberty in the land and to all its inhabitants. (Leviticus 25:10)” Dear Friends, I am a gardener. In the cold and blustery days of early spring, I [...]
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May 9-10, 2008 5 Iyar 5768 Day 20 of the Omer Shabbat Emor Torah Portion: Leviticus 21:1-24:23 Haftarah Portion: Ezekiel 44: 15-31 “Ze ha-yom asah adonai, nagila ve-nismeha bo – This is a day the Eternal has created; let us rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalms 118:24)” Dear Friends, Last night, more than 8,000 [...]
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May 2-3, 2008 28 Nisan 5768 Day 13 of the Omer Shabbat Kedoshim Torah Portion: Leviticus 16:1-20:27 Haftarah Portion: Amos 9:7-15 “We Must Be Holy” Dear Friends, In this week’s Torah portion, Kedoshim, God instructs Moses to tell the whole assembly of Israel, “All of you shall be holy, because I, The Eternal your God [...]
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