A ‘BISSEL’ OF TORAH Parashat EIKEV (DEUTERONOMY 7:12- 11:25)

The heart of our worship service is our declaration of love and loyalty to the one and unique G-D – – -the prayer that we know as ‘SHEMA’. The first six words are deeply embedded in every Jew’s soul – ‘Here O’ Israel, the Eternal is our G-d; the eternal is one. (1). There are […]

A ‘BISSEL’ OF TORAH Parashat DEVARIM (DEUTERONOMY 1:1 – 3:22)

The Parsha, DEVARIM is comprised primarily of a complete repetition of the Torah, spoken by Moses to the Israelites, in the last days before his passing. In fact, the translation of the Hebrew word ‘DEVARIM’ is ‘re-telling’. It is somewhat extraordinary that throughout Moses’ recalling of each event, each commandment, each transgression, and each miracle […]

Shabbat Shalom from Student Rabbi Tamara – 11/1/2013

Dear Members of Am Haskalah: One of the most powerful and yet simple lines of dialogue in the entire Torah, in my mind, occurs in this week’s Torah portion, pashat Toldot. Towards the beginning of the parasha, Rebekkah, out of the pain of feeling the wrestling of the two fetuses within her womb (to be […]