... on my synagogue's bimah I was privileged to chant from the Torah . I have had few experiences more thrilling than standing before my ... to my fellow Temple congregants. Reading and chanting Torah is like going back in time; it's a great way to feel personally and ...

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Torah Portion:  B'shalach ;  Exodus 13:17-17:16 A few ... the extremists keep women from wearing a tallit, holding a Torah scroll and even from praying out loud at the Kotel.”   ...

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Elul 1 Torah Portion: Shof'tim ; Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9 I ...

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Torah Portion: Sh'lach L'cha ; Numbers 13:1-15:41 This ...

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Torah Portion:  Chayei Sarah;  Genesis 23:1–25:18 This week’s Torah portion is “ Chayei Sarah ”, which translates as the ... follows one of the most climactic events in the Torah—Abraham’s binding, and near sacrifice, of his son ...

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... Kashrut ), Parshat Hashavua (studying the weekly Torah portions through various midrashim), Relationships (looking at the ...

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Torah Portion: Nitzavim/Vayeilech;  Deuteronomy 29:9-31:30 D’var Torah There is just a week left until we herald in the Jewish New ... Shalom . For more insight in this week’s Torah portion, visit  urj.org/torah . Shabbat Shalom , Rabbi ...

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Torah Portion: Matot/Masei , Numbers 30:2-26:13 Not everything in the Torah is pretty.  The beginning of this week's portion, in fact, contains ... deity," I deeply believe that every section of Torah comes to teach us something about how we live our lives today. ...

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Torah Portion:  Vayeitzei;  Genesis 28:10 - 32:3 I don’t ... I am not sure I believe in karma, but after reading the Torah these last few weeks I definitely have a sense of “what goes around, comes around”. In last week’s Torah portion, we read about Jacob tricking his father Isaac into giving him ...

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Torah Portion:  Vayikra ;  Leviticus 1:1-5:26 This week brings us the first chapter of a new book of Torah, the beginning of the book of Leviticus , and the Torah portion Vayikra .  Many people, when reading the book of ...

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