by Bet Alef Administrator | Apr 4, 2023 | Torah Reflections
Passover Reflections Although we just closed the Book of Exodus, with Passover starting tonight, its stories linger still in our consciousness. This is the time of the year, personally, when I delight in re-opening the Passover Haggadah and in looking inside for more...
by Bet Alef Administrator | Mar 30, 2023 | Torah Reflections
Tzav Leviticus 6:1 – 8:36 The same opening verses of Parashat Tsav that lend themselves to reflections about kindling new light in our hearts have received yet another interpretation in the Kabbalistic tradition. “This is the ritual of the burnt offering”...
by Bet Alef Administrator | Mar 22, 2023 | Torah Reflections
VaYikra Leviticus 1:1 – 5:26 “VaYikra el Mosheh vaYedaber YHVH leave me-ohel moed.—He called to Moses. The Eternal One spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting.” (Lev. 1:1) Thus begins the Book of Leviticus. In all of Torah, there are only three instances when...
by Bet Alef Administrator | Mar 16, 2023 | Torah Reflections
Vayak’heil – Pekudei Exodus 35:1 – 40:38 With these two parashiot, which are read together except during the Jewish leap year, when Pekudei stands alone during the additional month of Adar II, we are entering into the closing chapters of the Book of...
by Bet Alef Administrator | Mar 9, 2023 | Torah Reflections
Ki Tissa Exodus 30:11 – 34:35 It often happens that the reading of Ki Tissa, this week’s Torah portion, and the festival of Purim fall in the same week, and there is a remarkable congruence in their themes. An important part of Purim festivities is the custom of...
