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NYJW Sabbath Week

Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 8:13 p.m. Torah: Num. 25:10-30:1 Haftarah: I Kings 18:46-19:21 Havdalah: 9:22 p.m. In this week’s portion we come across a striking word usage occurring only twice in Torah, a few chapters apart. The phrase changes slightly — lama nigara, lama yigara — translated as “Why should we/it be lessened/diminished,” and is […]

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Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 8;12 p.m. Torah: Numbers 22:2- 25:9  Haftarah: Micah 5:6-6:8 Havdalah: 9:21 p.m. ‘No black magic can be effective against Jacob, and no occult powers against Israel” [Numbers 23:23]. Who controls the fortune and destiny of nations? Does the ebb and flow of history turn ordinary individuals into heroic personalities, or do […]

Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 8:10 p.m. Torah: Numbers 19:1-22:1 Haftarah: Judges 11:1-33 Havdalah: 9:19 p.m. Look up the word “gaudy” in a dictionary and you will find that it means “garish, showy, vulgarly colorful,” from the Latin, gaudere  “to rejoice.” Citizens of Barcelona may be forgiven for imagining that it comes from the name of […]

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