Shabbat Shalom
Just as Moses and God communicate this week, may we all be open to communication with those around us at a higher spiritual level. May our ability to listen always be strong! Shabbat Shalom!
Just as Moses and God communicate this week, may we all be open to communication with those around us at a higher spiritual level. May our ability to listen always be strong! Shabbat Shalom!
This week we are directed as to how to build god’s dwelling space. We must think for ourselves; what makes up a holy place? How do we choose to decorate our lives? What kinds of materials truly reflect the spiritual intention they are meant to represent? Shabbat Shalom!
What is freedom for us? What conditions allow us to feel free? From which desert we exit and to which desert do we choose to enter? Shabbat Shalom.
This week, we hear the final blessings of the book of Breshit, Genesis, and move on to the next chapter of Jewish History. At the end of Jacob’s life, he gives blessings to his sons and grandsons. Each of us works together to make our peoplehood strong in our own way....
Wishing everyone a healthy, meaningful and joyful new year.
In the beautiful words of this week’s portion, we would like to bless our community that you may always be blessed in your comings and blessed in your goings. ברוך אתה בבואך וברוך אתה בצאתך Shabbat Shalom!
This week, Moses reminds the children of Israel of the blessing that they are receiving of entering the Land of Milk and Honey, the land blessed with fruits and flowing water. May we all look toward our own promised land and the blessings that lie ahead. Shabbat Shalom!
וַֽיְעַנְּךָ֮ וַיַּרְעִבֶךָ֒ וַיַּֽאֲכִֽלְךָ֤ אֶת הַמָּן֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־יָדַ֔עְתָּ וְלֹ֥א יָדְע֖וּן אֲבֹתֶ֑יךָ לְמַ֣עַן הוֹדִֽעֲךָ֗ כִּ֠י לֹ֣א עַל־הַלֶּ֤חֶם לְבַדּוֹ֙ יִחְיֶ֣ה הָֽאָדָ֔ם כִּ֛י עַל־כָּל־מוֹצָ֥א פִֽי־ ה יִחְיֶ֥ה הָאָדָֽם׃ He subjected you to the hardship of hunger and then gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had ever known, in order to...
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