These last two parashah are read together, bringing us to the end of the book of Exodus, or you might say, this is an exodus from Exodus. Ouch!! 🙂 As an aside, there are often times when we will read two parashah together. The parashah schedule is designed so that
Have you ever complimented someone, then they returned a compliment to you, but you knew that they were just saying something because they thought they should? Did it really mean anything to you? When you pray to the Lord, do you really mean it? I’m not talking about when you
We have a column in our local paper that is a forum where people can post short little carps about things that bother them. I am thinking of writing to that column complaining about the childish and inane complaints that people make. Today I read someone’s complaint about the fast food
In the early part of the 15th Century, if you asked a scientist about the world, he would have told you it was flat. In the 18th Century if you asked a doctor how to cure diseases he would have told you to bleed the patient. In the 19th Century,
As usual, there is just so much here. I took an entire course just about the symbolic nature of the spices used for the incense and anointing oils. There’s also how God can use humans to achieve His goals, in the way that he gave all this knowledge and understanding
This is one of the happiest festivals we have. Fairs, games, reading the book of Esther (Hadassah) with groggers and shouting. For those that don’t know the way we read this book in the Synagogue, groggers (noisemakers) are handed out to everyone, adults and children. When we read the book (it’s
Do you recall what happened when Joshua first attacked Ai? They had just come from a great triumph at Jericho, defeating the fortified town and destroying all the people and all the booty, just as God commanded. Oh, but wait! Someone didn’t destroy all the booty, did he? Achan kept
There are 5 Covenants that God made with us. The first was the Noahide Covenant, then the Abrahamic, Mosaic and Davidic. Finally, there is the New Covenant (Jeremiah 31:31). The usual Christian teaching is that the New Covenant did away with most of the previous 4 covenants, leaving only what
To the person who said always follow your dreams, I say,”Bah!! Humbug!!” I have had a beard, and a nice one, too, for about 18 years. My wife likes it, I like it, and I have been complimented on it. Occasionally I have this nightmare where I am really tired,
This parashah describes the way the priestly robes are to be manufactured, and the process for the anointment and consecration of the priests (Aaron and his sons), as well as the rules for their share of the sacrifice, and about the incense. In the description of the breastplate, the Urim
