By Joy Scott, Am Haskalah Congregant In previous parshiot we learned how God began preparing for the establishment of a new nation in the ‘Promised Land.’ Equal portions of the land were allotted, according to the population of each of the tribes. Last week’s Torah parsha, Re’eh, emphasized the importance of ‘tzedakah’ (charity), whereby […]
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A ‘Bissel’ of Torah: SHOFTIM (DEUTERONOMY 16:18-21:9)
By Joy Scott, Am Haskalah Congregant In previous parshiot we learned how God began preparing for the establishment of a new nation in the ‘Promised Land.’ Equal portions of the land were allotted, according to the population of each of the tribes. Last week’s Torah parsha, Re’eh, emphasized the importance of ‘tzedakah’ (charity), whereby […]
A ‘Bissel’ of Torah: SHOFTIM (DEUTERONOMY 16:18-21:9)
By Joy Scott, Am Haskalah Congregant In previous parshiot in the book of Deuteronomy, we learned how God began preparing for the establishment of a new nation in the ‘Promised Land’. Equal portions of the land were allotted according to the population of each of the tribes. Last week’s Torah parsha, Re’eh, emphasized the importance […]
A ‘Bissel’ of Torah: SHOFTIM (DEUTERONOMY 16:18-21:9)
By Joy Scott, Am Haskalah Congregant In previous Parshiot in the Book of DEUTERONOMY, we learned how God began preparing for the establishment of a new nation in the ‘Promised Land’. Equal portions of the land were allotted, according to the population of each of the tribes. Last week’s Torah Parsha (RE’EH) emphasized the importance […]
A ‘Bissel’ of Torah: SHOFTIM (DEUTERONOMY 16:18-21:9)
By Joy Scott, Am Haskalah Congregant In previous Parshiot in the Book of DEUTERONOMY, we learned how God began preparing for the establishment of a new nation in the ‘Promised Land’. Equal portions of the land were allotted, according to the population of each of the tribes. Last week’s Torah Parsha (RE’EH) emphasized the importance […]