by katie@betalef.org | Mar 23, 2021 | Torah Reflections
VaYikra, Leviticus 6:1 – 8:36 “The End of The Universe” The early verses of this week’s Torah portion are translated by our mystics as follows: This is the Torah of the ascending-offering. This is the ascending-offering that stays on the...
by katie@betalef.org | Mar 18, 2021 | Torah Reflections
VaYikra, Leviticus 1:1 – 5:26 “How Will We Answer The Call?” “VaYikra el Mosheh vaYedaber YHVH elav me-ohel moed – He called to Moses. The Eternal One spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting.” [Lev. 1:1] Thus begins not only this week’s Torah...
by katie@betalef.org | Mar 10, 2021 | Torah Reflections
VaYak’hel – Pekudei, Exodus 35:1 – 40:48 “Our Spiritual Attitude Toward Work” This week’s double portion in our Torah reading marks the conclusion of the Book of Exodus. The construction of the Tabernacle begins in earnest, only...
by katie@betalef.org | Mar 4, 2021 | Torah Reflections
Ki Tissa, Exodus 30:11 – 34:35 “What if Moses Never Came Back?” When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, the people gathered against Aaron and said to him: Arise, make us a god who will go before us, for...
by katie@betalef.org | Feb 25, 2021 | Torah Reflections
Tetzaveh, Exodus 27:20 – 30:10 “You Are The Eternal One” This week’s Torah portion speaks of the ordination of Aaron and his sons into the priesthood. Ornate garments are designed by the artists among the people for the ceremony, sewn together...
by katie@betalef.org | Feb 17, 2021 | Torah Reflections
T’rumah, Exodus 26:1-27:19 “The Kabbalah of Our Beings” Judaism sees each of us, every being, as a channel of the most sacred. As such we are called to make ourselves selfless compassionate servants of the greater good and allow Wisdom to...
