Friday, February 18, 2022

Ki Tisa: Unforgivable?

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This week’s Torah portion includes the gravest, most inexcusable sin of the entire Exodus narrative; the building (and worshiping) of the Go...
Friday, February 11, 2022

Tetzaveh: One on One with God

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Tetzaveh, this week’s Torah portion, has the unique (ignoble?) distinction of being the only parashah - from Exodus through the end of the T...
Friday, February 4, 2022

Terumah: (De)Constructing Holiness

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Recently, I received an absolutely wonderful gift. I imagine that, by now, many of you have heard me talk about our Lostice Torah scroll, wh...
Friday, January 28, 2022

Mishpatim: Who the Chell is Chur??

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I fell down a rabbit hole again. Not literally, of course, but I found an interesting mention in the text of our parashah , and (to mix my m...
Friday, January 21, 2022

Yitro: Layers of Meaning Hidden Under *The* Place

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Greetings, everyone! I've been on a bit of a break from the blog, but wanted to get back into it. As I hit the 650 (!!) blog post mark, ...
Friday, December 17, 2021

Va-Yechi: Bless *this* Moment

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This week’s post will be my last of 2021. Thanks to all of you fabulous readers for sticking with me for yet another year of Take on Torah. ...
Friday, December 3, 2021

Mikeitz: What Did Shimon Ever Do To You?!? Oh, wait...

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The Joseph story in Genesis is *filled* with comeuppance. For Pharaoh’s courtiers, for Joseph, his brothers, their father (Jacob), and more....
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