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NYJW Sabbath Week

Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 5:03 p.m. Torah: Exodus 21:1- 24:18 Haftarah: Jeremiah 34:8-22; 33:25-26 Havdalah: 6:04 p.m. ‘And these are the mishpatim [laws of moral justice] which you [Moses] shall set before Israel” [Exodus 21:1]. These opening words of our portion join together civil law with the Ten Commandments (from last week’s portion of Yitro), […]

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Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat Candles:  4:56 p.m. Torah: Exodus 18:1-20:23 Haftarah: Isaiah  6:1-7:6, 9:5-6 Havdalah: 5:57 p.m. “The Lord said to Moses, behold I come to you in the thickness of the cloud.” (Exodus 19:9) The most momentous of all biblical experiences — dwarfing the Ten Plagues, the splitting of the Re(e)d Sea and perhaps even […]

Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 4:46 p.m. Torah: Ex. 10:1­13:16 Haftarah: Judges 4:4-5:31 Havdalah: 5:49 p.m. The splitting of the Red (Reed) Sea was the remarkable miracle that indisputably confirmed the Hebrews as free people. The Egyptians had chased them into the desert, hoping to force their former slaves to return; Moses extended his hand over […]

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