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2022-04-12T16:15:22-04:00

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With Blossom and Blood: Painting Our Path to Liberation

Last updated on: April 12, 2022 at 4:15 pm By Hebrew College

Pesach (Exodus 12:21-12:51) by Rabbi Adina Allen וּלְקַחְתֶּם אֲגֻדַּת אֵזוֹב וּטְבַלְתֶּם בַּדָּם אֲשֶׁר בַּסַּף וְהִגַּעְתֶּם אֶל הַמַּשְׁקוֹף וְאֶל שְׁתֵּי הַמְּזוּזֹת מִן הַדָּם אֲשֶׁר בַּסָּף וְאַתֶּם לֹא תֵצְאוּ אִישׁ מִפֶּתַח בֵּיתוֹ עַד בֹּקֶר You shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and apply it to the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the entrance of their... Read more

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2022-04-05T21:52:37-04:00

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Doubt and Redemption

Last updated on: April 5, 2022 at 9:52 pm By Hebrew College

By Rabbi Micha’el Rosenberg Parashat Metzora (Leviticus 14:1-15:33) This week’s parashah, Metzora, continues the discussion, begun last week, about nega‘im (singular: nega‘)–various kinds of physical irregularities, found on the human body, in clothing, and, finally, on the walls of homes. Each generates ritual impurity, and each has a ritual for diagnosing and then, upon healing, ending the period of impurity. In the case of nega‘im found on a house, the Torah says: The owner of the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, “There seems... Read more

2022-03-29T09:55:07-04:00

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The Blessing of Asking for Help

Last updated on: March 29, 2022 at 9:55 am By Hebrew College

Parashat Tazria (Leviticus 12:1-13:59) By Heather Renetzky Parashat Tazria, with its long and dry list of details about leprosy, has never felt so relevant. It’s as if some of this parasha’s questions were taken straight out of a CDC press conference. When is it important to isolate yourself from others for health reasons? In what situations can we be more lenient? Is illness transmittable through surfaces? The Etz Chayim commentary on the parasha notes, “Perhaps no concept in the Torah is less accessible to... Read more

2022-03-22T15:41:49-04:00

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The Test of the Eighth Day

Last updated on: March 22, 2022 at 3:41 pm By Hebrew College

Parashat Shemini (Leviticus 9:1-11:47) By Rafi Ellenson | March 22, 2022 Often, we don’t see our imperfections until we’ve completed our first drafts. This isn’t a problem. It’s a beautiful and essential part of human nature. We don’t and we can’t achieve perfection. We can only try and try again where we fall short. Consider the creation narrative in Genesis. Seven days creates one perfect, whole, complete cycle of creation and rest. After that—on the eighth day—is when humanity really... Read more

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2022-03-16T10:10:34-04:00

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Stuck in Scranton: Danger and Gratitude in Parashat Tsav

Last updated on: March 16, 2022 at 10:10 am By Hebrew College

Parashat Tzav (Leviticus 6:1–8:36) By Joey Glick | March 15, 2022 My mom’s journey with stage-IV lung cancer started with a bang, with ever worsening scans, with aggressive chemotherapy, and with deep, heartfelt conversations. I knew that things had gotten bad when my mom, a lifelong worry-er, told me on the phone that her anxiety was gone: “Joe, I feel like this is all making me understand that I don’t need to sweat the small stuff.” I immediately booked a... Read more

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2022-03-10T13:22:55-04:00

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“God Does Not Play Dice with the Universe”

Last updated on: March 10, 2022 at 1:22 pm By Hebrew College

Parashat VaYikra (Leviticus 1:1–5:26) and Parashat Zakhor (Deuteronomy 25:17–19) By Rachel Adelman | March 08, 2022 In this essay, I want to unfold one word for you, like a map by which we might direct our path towards this coming season of Purim, in language play on va-yiqra’ / va-yiqar. This week’s Torah reading opens: And [He] called to Moses [vayiqra’ el Moshe] and the LORD [Yhwh] spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting saying: Speak to the Israelites... Read more

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2022-03-03T10:50:09-04:00

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Acknowledging holiness along the way

Last updated on: March 3, 2022 at 10:50 am By Hebrew College

Parashat Pekudei (Exodus 38:21–40:38) By Rabbi Becky Silverstein | February 28, 2022 One of the things I miss most about going to shul regularly is the moment when the final line of a book of Torah is read. In many places, the kahal (community) rises and calls out, “chazak, chazak, v’nit’chazek” (“be strong, be strong, and may we be strengthened”). These words are then echoed by the Torah reader. This thirty second ritual takes an otherwise ordinary moment in the... Read more

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2022-02-24T20:51:44-04:00

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Vayakhel: A Love Letter to Liminal Space

Last updated on: February 24, 2022 at 8:51 pm By Hebrew College

Parshat Vayakhel (Exodus 35:1-38:20) By Yael Werber | February 22, 2022 I have never considered myself a big traveler, but this year, as I am going to school in Boston and working as an intern at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in New York City, I have found myself in transit more often than not. While I have tried multiple different modes for getting to New York, I have ultimately decided that the one that works best for me is flying.... Read more

2022-02-15T11:44:07-04:00

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Revelation, Co-creation, Illumination

Last updated on: February 15, 2022 at 11:44 am By Hebrew College

Parashat Ki Tissa (Ki Tisa: Exodus 30:11–34:35) By Rabbi Adina Allen | February 14, 2022 The Ten Commandments are the cornerstone of Judaism. Torah teaches that the stone tablets containing the commandments were given to us after we escaped Egypt, crossed the Red Sea, and arrived at Mount Sinai. Like the manna that sustained our bodies as we wandered in the desert wilderness, the tablets sustained us as we emerged as free people and navigated the unknown of how to... Read more

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2022-02-08T15:23:47-04:00

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For Dignity and Adornment

Last updated on: February 8, 2022 at 3:23 pm By Hebrew College

Parshat Tetzaveh (Exodus 27:20-30:10) By Frankie Sandmel | February 7, 2022 In the past few weeks we’ve seen God as an architect designing the mishkan, a trip leader guiding Israel through the desert, and a performance artist delivering the commandments amidst pomp and circumstance at Sinai. This week we meet God, the fashion designer: וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ בִגְדֵי־קֹ֖דֶשׁ לְאַהֲרֹ֣ן אָחִ֑יךָ לְכָב֖וֹד וּלְתִפְאָֽרֶת׃ Make holy clothing for your brother Aaron, for dignity and adornment. (Exodus 28:2) God’s instructions about what Aaron should wear to... Read more

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