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Sedra of the Week – Parshat Ki Tavo 5775
Efrat, Israel – The covenant of which we read in our portion of Ki Tavo began to be described some 16 chapters ago in the portion of Re’eh—with the blessings which were to be on Mount Gerizim and the...
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Sedra of the Week – Parshat Netzavim 5775
Efrat, Israel – “Behold, I give before you this day the life and the good, the death and the evil… blessing and curse; and you shall choose life, so that you will live, you and your seed…” (Deut....
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Sedra of the Week – Parshat Vayelech 5776
Efrat, Israel – “And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel: ‘Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt go with this people into the land which the LORD hath sworn...
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Sedra of the Week – Parshat Haazinu 5776
Efrat, Israel – ‘The Lord remembered Sarah as he had promised… Sarah conceived and bore a son…’ (Gen. 21:1, 2) Rosh Hashanah always portends new beginnings and fresh opportunities: “This day the world...
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Sedra of the Week – Shabbat Chol Hamoed 5776
Efrat, Israel – One of the most picturesque and creative festivals of the year is the Festival of Sukkot (the Feast of Tabernacles) – when the entire family is involved in building and decorating a...
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Jewz in the Newz
By Nate Bloom Contributing Columnist Football and Yogi The following five Jewish players were on an NFL team as of Sept. 24. Jewish Sports Review magazine aided this item: NATE EBNER, 26, free safety,...
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Sedra of the Week – Parshat Bereshit 5776
Efrat, Israel – The beginning of our communal Torah readings once again with the Book of Genesis on the first Shabbat following the intensive festival period from Rosh Hashanah through to Shmini...
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Sedra of the Week – Parshat Noach 5776
Efrat, Israel – “Noah, the man of the earth, drank of the wine, became drunk, and uncovered himself within his tent. Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers...
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Sedra of the Week – Parshat Lech Lecha 5776
Efrat, Israel – “And Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all of his possessions, and Lot went next to him to the Negev.” (Gen. 13:1) The portion of Lech Lecha is a kaleidoscope of intriguing...
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Sedra of the Week – Parshat Vayera 5776
Efrat, Israel – One of the most difficult stories of the Bible – and certainly the complex highlight of Vayera – is the “binding” (and near slaughter) of Isaac, but the tale preceding it may...
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Sedra of the Week – Parshat Chaye Sara 5776
Efrat, Israel – Sarah died in Kiryat Arba, which is Hebron in the Land of Canaan. And Abraham came to eulogize Sarah and to weep over her.” (Genesis 23:2) What was Sarah doing in Hebron? According to...
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Sedra of the Week – Parshat Toldot 5776
Efrat, Israel – “And Isaac loved Esau, because the game was in his mouth; but Rebekah loved Jacob” (Gen. 25:28). Of all the myriads of questions which rise up from this week’s portion of familial...
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Sedra of the Week – Parshat Vayetze 5776
Efrat, Israel – A fascinating aspect of the strife and the strivings, the growth and the grandeur, of the familial development of the house of Abraham and Sarah is the stark contrast between the...
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Sedra of the Week – Parshat Vayishlach 5776
Efrat, Israel – We left Jacob at the end of last week’s portion as he was leaving behind Laban and Laban–land, heaven–bent on returning to the land of Abraham and to the house of Isaac. Jacob...
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