This week, in the last moments of the Torah, we read of the last breath of Moses. Deuteronomy 34:7-8 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died; his eyes were undimmed and his vigor unabated. And the Israelites bewailed Moses in the plains of Moab for thirty days. So...
May our tents and our hearts stay open, our journeys be fruitful and our path the path of Torah. Chag Sameach! Happy Sukkot!
Shabbat of return, shabbat of repentance. Wishing everyone a shabbat of love and renewal.
Wishing everyone a healthy, meaningful and joyful new year.
כִּֽי־קָר֥וֹב אֵלֶ֛יךָ הַדָּבָ֖ר מְאֹ֑ד בְּפִ֥יךָ וּבִֽלְבָבְךָ֖ לַעֲשֹׂתֽוֹ׃ The thing is very close to you, in your mouth and in your heart, to observe it. May we all feel a feeling of return, a feeling of recreation, in this final Shabbat of the year. Shabbat shalom!
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!
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...
