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NYJW Sabbath Week

Shabbat Shalom Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 7:38 p.m. Torah: Leviticus: 21:1-24:23 Haftara: Ezekiel 44:15-31 Shabbat ends: 8:43 p.m. “And he [the Kohen] shall be sanctified” [Leviticus 21:8]. I have long been fascinated by the blessing recited by the kohanim (priests) as they call upon God to bless the Jewish people: “Blessed art thou, O Lord […]

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Shabbat Shalom Candlelighting, Readings: Candles: 7:17 p.m. (Friday); 7:20 p.m. (Monday); 8:22 p.m. (Tuesday) Torah: Lev. 16:1 – 18:30 (Saturday); Ex. 7:21-51 (Tuesday); Lev. 22:26-23:44 (Wednesday); Num. 28:16-25 (Tuesday & Wednesday) Haftarah: Malachi 3:4-24 (Saturday); Joshua 5:2-6:1 & 6:27 (Tuesday);  II Kings 23:1-9; 21-25 (Wednesday) Havdalah: 8:18 p.m. (Saturday); 8:23 p.m. (Wednesday) “For seven days […]

Candlelighting, Readings: Candlelighting: 7:09 p.m. Torah Reading: Lev. 14:1- 15:33 Haftarah: II Kings 7:3-20 Sabbath Ends: 8:10 p.m. Before science, no one had very much useful to say about disease. Understanding little about microbes and genetics, people connected illness with sin, making sickness into punishment, and (in effect) blaming the sick for their own maladies. […]

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