November 9, 2024 D’var by JRC member Vickie Korey Lech Lecha is the third parsha in the book of Genesis. In the beginning, there is Creation. The first through seventh days and nights are created. The Sabbath is designated, man and woman are created, sins are noted,...
Shabbat Shalom! This week’s Torah portion, Eikev, is the third section of the Book of Deuteronomy, where Moses continues his second farewell address to the Israelites and urges them to observe even what appear to be minor commandments. Moses then continues his review...
The defining structure of this parsha is repetition. We have encountered everything in this parsha, more than once. As if someone is either phoning it in, being paid by the word, or are afraid the message was lost in translation. Considering how many times the...
August 16, 2024 D’var by Betsy Fuchs My family and I were members of Temple Beth Israel in Chicago when I turned 13 years old long ago in 1957. At that time Beth Israel was one of the few Jewish congregations that had Bas Mitzvahs for girls. However, the...
August 9, 2024 D’var by Susan Stone How many of us have schmoozed with a friend about a recent vacation? WE tell the highlights… the ups and downs…The disappointing parts..getting lost, grouchy tourists…museums closed when you arrive, etc. …. and the...
June 5, 2024 D’var by member Emily Harris Parshat Bamidbar is the first Parsha in the book of “numbers”, which gets its name because of the census in this opening chapter. But according to the commentary in the Etz Hayim Torah, “its proper Hebrew designation,...
