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NYJW Sabbath Week

Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 4:51 p.m. Torah: Ex. 18:1-20:23 Haftorah: Isaiah 6:1-7:6; 9:5-6 Havdalah: 5:53 p.m. In last week’s Torah portion we were told, “Va-yavo Amalek”: Amalek came upon the Israelites [Exodus 17:8]. Think of it. Mere weeks after their miraculous liberation from Egypt and release from centuries of slavery and abuse, the ragtag, exhausted […]

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Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 4:43 p.m. Torah: Exodus 13:17-17:16 Haftorah: Judges 4:4-5:31 (Ashkenaz); 5:1-31 (Sephard) Havdalah: 5:41 p.m. The core of B’Shalach is Shirat Ha-Yam (The Song of the Sea): “Then Moses sang this song,” recounting the victories of the God of Israel over “all the deities of Egypt.” But the central question about Shirat […]

Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 4:34 p.m. Torah: Exodus 10:1-13:16 Haftorah: Jeremiah 46:13-28 Havdalah: 5:36 p.m. Oh happy day! It’s an election year. With primaries just around the corner, we might wonder if Judaism has any advice for the candidates as they go about presenting the issues. Actually, it does — in this week’s parashah, as […]

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