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NYJW Sabbath Week

Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 7:05 p.m. Torah: Leviticus 14:1-15:33 Haftarah: II Kings 7:3-20 Havdalah: 8:06 p.m. Isolation is a terrible thing. Our Rabbis differentiated people from other forms of life by calling human beings m’daber — the species that speaks. We require conversation no less than we do food and water. Talk is food for […]

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Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 6:59 p.m. Torah: Lev. 12:1-13:59; Exodus 12:1-20 Haftarah: Ezekiel 45:16-46:18 Havdalah: 7:59 p.m. This week’s reading is not only difficult because of its subject matter but also because of the strange order of the verses and chapters. The first question arises from a verse that seemingly has no connection to what […]

Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 6:50 p.m. Torah: Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Numbers 19:1-22 Haftarah: Ezekiel 36:16-38 Havdalah: 7:50 p.m. The two main subjects dealt with in this week’s Torah portion of Shemini seem to be totally removed from each other. First we read of the tragic death of Aaron’s two sons, Nadav and Avihu, and then we […]

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