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NYJW Sabbath Week

Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 4:11 p.m. Torah: Gen. 28:10-32:3 Haftarah: Hosea 11:7-14:10 (Sephard); 13:6-14:10 (Ashkenaz) Havdalah: 5:14 p.m. The Torah presents two models for finding one’s life partner: the arranged marriage Isaac-Rebecca model, and the romantic Jacob-Rachel model. In both instances, there must be “love” (ahava): The Bible informs us that “Isaac … took Rebecca […]

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Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 4:16 p.m. Torah: Gen. 25:19 Haftarah: I Samuel 20:18-42 Havdalah: 5:17 p.m. A recent Israeli film, “Makom B’Gan Eden” (“A Place in Eden”), tells the story of a young army officer, exhausted and hungry after a military campaign, who trades his place in Heaven for a bowl of shakshuka (spicy poached […]

Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 4:21 p.m. Torah: Gen. 23:1-25:18 Haftarah: I Kings 1:1-31 Havdalah: 5:22 p.m. At traditional Jewish weddings the veiling is assumed by the groom, or by some authority like the officiating rabbi. But what is remarkable in this week’s parsha is that the original veiling was undertaken by the bride herself [Genesis […]

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