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Torah: Ekev (Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25) Haftarah: Isaiah 49:14-51:3)

From the Rabbi’s Study…Shabbat July 30, 2021/21 Av 5781 Torah: Ekev (Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25) Haftarah: Isaiah 49:14-51:3) Firstly, I will start with the Haftarah, which is the second of the…

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Torah: Va’Etchanan (Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11) Haftarah:(Isaiah 40:1-26)

From The Rabbi’s Study…Shabbat, July 23, 2021/15 Av 5781 Torah: Va’Etchanan (Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11) Haftarah:(Isaiah 40:1-26) Shabbat Nachamu/ Shabbat of Consolation is the Sabbath after the Ninth of Av. The Ninth…

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From the Rabbi’s Study…Shabbat July 16, 2021/ 7Av 578

Torah: Devarim (Deuteronomy 1:1-3: 22) Haftarah:(Isaiah 1:1-27) The 9th of Av is the anniversary of the Fall of Jerusalem. The Torah has the introduction to farewell discourses of Moses. The…

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From The Rabbi’s Study… Shabbat July 9 and 10, 2021/29 Tammuz and 1 Av 5781

From The Rabbi’s Study… Shabbat July 9 and 10, 2021/29 Tammuz and 1 Av 5781 Double Torah Parshat: Matat (Numbers 30:2-32:42) and Massei (Numbers 33:1-36:13) Haftarah: (Jeremiah 2:4-28; 3:4;4:1-2 Isaiah…

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From The Rabbi’s Study…July 2, 2021/22 Tammuz 5781

From The Rabbi’s Study…July 2, 2021/22 Tammuz 5781 Torah: Pinchas (Numbers 25:10-30:1) Haftarah: ( I Kings 18-46 -19:21) The Torah parsha has Pinchas, Aaron’s grandson receiving an award for his…

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From the Rabbi’s Study… June 25, 2021/15 Tammuz 5781

From the Rabbi’s Study… June 25, 2021/15 Tammuz 5781 Torah: Balak(Numbers 22:2-25:9) Haftarah:(Micah 5:6-6:8) The Torah portion Balak has the non-Jewish king Balak of Moab who sent Balaam to…

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From The Rabbi’s Study… Shabbat June 18, 2021/8 Tammuz 5781

From The Rabbi’s Study… Shabbat June 18, 2021/8 Tammuz 5781 Torah: Chukkat (Numbers 19:1-22:1) Haftarah: (Judges 11:1-33) Happy Father’s Day! The Torah portion has the laws of the red heifer,…

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From The Rabbi’s Study…Shabbat June 11, 2021/1 Tammuz 5781

From The Rabbi’s Study…Shabbat June 11, 2021/1 Tammuz 5781 Torah: Korach (Numbers 16:1-18:32) Haftarah :Rosh CHodesh Tammuz (Isaiah 66) Korach’s challenges to Moses still have many rabbis pondering this complex…

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From The Rabbi’s Study… Shabbat June 4, 2021/24 Sivan 5781

From The Rabbi’s Study… Shabbat June 4, 2021/24 Sivan 5781 Torah: Shelach Lecha (Numbers 13:1-15:42) Haftarah: (Joshua 2:1-24) The Torah continues with the ten spies and their reports. The children…

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From The Rabbi’s Study… May 28, 2021/17 Sivan 5781

From The Rabbi’s Study… May 28, 2021/17 Sivan 5781 Torah Behaalotecha (Numbers 8:1-12:16) Haftarah (Zechariah 2:14-4:7) Memorial Day Weekend when we remember all the men and women that fought and…

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