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Showing posts with label Torah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Torah. Show all posts
Two Minutes of Torah: Haazinu - Nourishing our selves
While I am obviously sad that summer has come to an end; I am very happy that moving forward I will hopefully not need to be setting up the ...
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TCS Question - Why do we celebrate Shavuot on the 6th of Sivan?
We might assume that the answer to this question is very simple: Shavuot ,uguca is on the 6 th of Sivan iuhx because that’s what it sa...
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TCS Question - Why are there so many names for the Bible?
There are a lot of names that we use to refer to our sacred texts, and it can get confusing. Before we even get to the Jewish Bible as a wh...
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TCS Bulletin - The ending of Torah?
As a child when I was learning to play the guitar (something I never really accomplished) one of the songs that I could play was ‘The Windm...
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Two Minutes of Torah: Re'eh - The world as it could be
Last week the world mourned the loss of Robin Williams, a remarkable man who touched so many through his art, and his comedy. When thinkin...
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TCS Question - Why is 13 the age for Bar and Bat Mitzvah at the synagogue?
When a child becomes Bar or Bat Mitzvah we say that they are becoming adults, but in our modern world the age of 13 seems a little bit ...
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Two Minutes of Torah: Vayechi - Taking the good with the bad
I can't remember the first time when I heard the blessing which is given to children, but I know that throughout my youth I was confused...
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Two Minutes of Torah: Vayeishev - Open your eyes
I often wonder if the way that I see colors is the same way that other people view them. Recently I was flying to Israel, on a journey which...
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TCS Bulletin - The Dedication of our Torah
Whenever I have my first meeting with a Bnei Mitzvah family, amongst the questions that I ask, I always like to find out what the young per...
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Two Minutes of Torah: Toldot - A life true to myself
According to Bronnie Ware, an Australian nurse who spent several years working in palliative care, caring for patients in the last 12 weeks ...
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Two Minutes of Torah: Chayeh Sarah - Out of sight, Out of mind
As a child I used to see my Israeli grandparents twice a year; during the winter we would visit Israel and in the summer they would visit us...
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Two Minutes of Torah: Bereishit - What's in a Naming?
I imagine that there are many responsibilities which go with being a parent. Alongside the general responsibility of caring for the child, a...
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Two Minutes of Torah: Nitzavim - Whose Torah is it Anyway?
As a Rabbi I have got used to handling Torah scrolls. We read from them on Shabbat, we practice from them during the week, we roll them into...
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TCS Question - Why do we need a minyan?
Over the summer months one of the challenges we often face is getting a minyan for Shabbat services. While we can start the service withou...
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Two Minutes of Torah: Vaetchanan - How do we reach the Promised Land?
When I think about a favorite prayer, it’s difficult to choose one; but in terms of our regular liturgy the Shema has always had a special p...
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Two Minutes of Torah: Balak - A Misunderstanding of words
On the wall of my office I have a short paragraph from Judah ibn Tibbon, who lived in the twelfth century; it begins ‘If you write anything,...
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Two Minutes of Torah: Chukat - How to be a good tourist
As summer begins, many people are looking forward to their holidays, and the various exotic destinations they will be visiting. A holiday ab...
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Two Minutes of Torah: Korach - Memorializing the sacred and the profane
When I began reading The Hunger Games I understood what all the hype was about. I raced through the three installments of the series and was...
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Two Minutes of Torah: Behalotecha - Texting or Calling
I don’t know about you, but sometimes when I receive a text message I do wonder why the person did not pick up the phone and actually give m...
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