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NYJW Sabbath Week

Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 7:38 p.m. Torah: Lev. 16:1-20:27 Haftarah: Amos 9:7-15 (Ashkenaz); Ezekiel 20: 2-20 (Sephard) Havdalah: 8:41 p.m This week’s Torah reading introduces the recounting of the Yom Kippur service by referring to the deaths of Aaron’s two sons, Nadav and Avihu [Lev. 16:1]. Rashi understands that as a warning to Aaron and […]

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Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 7:30 p.m. Torah: Lev. 12:1-15:33 Haftarah: II Kings 7:3-20 Havdalah: 8:33 p.m.                                                   It is customary at this point in our Torah lectionary cycle for rabbis to sermonize on the dangers of lashon hara, gossip. We are reminded, for example, of the Midrashic statement that gossip kills three people: the speaker, the […]

Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 7:23 p.m. Torah: Leviticus 9:1-11:47 Haftarah: II Samuel 6:1-7:17 (Ashkenaz); 6:1-19 (Sfard) Havdalah: 8:27 p.m.                                                 Do you remember when Yom Ha’Atzmaut evoked sheer amazement? An Independence Day […]

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